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

— Edgar Allan Poe , Eldorado

"Eldorado", st. 4.

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American author, poet, editor and literary critic 1809–1849

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