Poetry of William Shakespeare

Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred

Tell me where is fancy bred,

Or in the heart or in the head?

How begot, how nourishèd?

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.

Ding, dong, bell.