Ride Boldly Ride For Eldorado

Rio Bravo was on one of the stations last week and that naturally leads one to think of El Dorado.

And that leads us to think of the poem by former Philadelphia resident Edgar Allen Poe that was recited throughout that film by James Caan

So here it is:

Eldorado

Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.

But he grew old-
This knight so bold-
And o’er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado.

And, as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow-
“Shadow,” said he,
“Where can it be-
This land of Eldorado?”

“Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,”
The shade replied-
“If you seek for Eldorado!”

Ride Boldly Ride For Eldorado

Ride Boldly Ride For Eldorado

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