In this poem, a knight has been searching for Eldorado, a city of tremendous riches reputed to be in South America. As he grows old, he begins to give up hope, and when he encounters a "pilgrim shadow" (line 15, pg. 234), he inquires as to where Eldorado is. The shadow replies:
"Over the Mountains
Of the.....
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