Eldorado by Edgar Allan Poe

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Eldorado by Edgar Allan Poe

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

But he grew oldâ€"
This knight so boldâ€"
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 shadowâ€"
“Shadow;” said he,
”Where can it beâ€"
This land of Eldorado?”

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

[islander]

aaahhh, el dorado, the city that was never found...

[islander]

[islander]

El Dorado (Spanish for "the gilded one") is the name of a Muisca tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and, as an initiation rite, dove into the Guatavita Lake. Later, it became the name of a legendary "Lost City of Gold", that fascinated explorers since the days of the Spanish Conquistadors. No evidence for its existence has been found. (wikipedia)

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The Zipa used to cover his body in gold dust and, from his raft, he offered treasures to the Guatavita goddess in the middle of the sacred lake. This old Muisca tradition became the origin of El Dorado legend. This model is on display in the Gold Museum, Bogotá, Colombia (wikipedia)

Imagined as a place, El Dorado became a kingdom, an empire, and a city of this legendary golden king. In pursuit of the legend, Francisco Orellana and Gonzalo Pizarro departed from Quito in 1541 in an expedition towards the Amazon Basin, as a result of which Orellana became the first person known to have navigated the Amazon River along substantially its entire length. (wikipedia)