Fancy


A poem by William Shakespeare

Fancy

Tell me where is Fancy bred,
Or in the heart, or in the head?
How begot, how nourish-ed?
-Reply, reply.

It is engenderíd in the eyes;
With gazing fed; and Fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies:
Let us all ring Fancyís knell;
I'll begin it,-Ding, dong, bell.
-Ding, dong, bell.