I did not know Dan Rosen, but I rode a little in Baja and hope I can understand
some small part of the way he chose to live his life.
I offer a poem by Edgar Allen Poe that hopefully honors his memory, and the
memory of other fallen riders, in some small way.
Eldorado
Edgar Allen Poe
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!"