50. MADRIGAL.

Tell me where is Fancy bred,

Or in the heart or in the head?

How begot, how nourishéd?

Reply, reply.

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.

--Ding, dong, bell.

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