Tell me, where is fancy bred?

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General information

Lyricist: William Shakespeare, ‘’The Merchant of Venice’’, Act III,Sc 2

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Texts and Translations

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Tell me, where is fancy bred?
Or in the heart, or in the head?
how begot? how nourished?

It is engender'd 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,

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