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Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.

Tell me where is Fancy Bred

William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

TELL me where is fancy bred,

Or in the heart, or in the head?

How begot, how nourished?

Reply, reply.

It is engendered in the eyes,

With gazing fed; and fancy dies

In the cradle where it lies.

Let us all ring fancy’s knell:

I’ll begin it,—Ding-dong, bell,

Chorus.—Ding-dong, bell.