Provider:Fr. Pierre Demer /談德義神父

Tell me where is fancy bred, 1
Or in the heart or in the head?
How begot, how nourished?
Reply, reply.
It is engendered in the eyes, 5
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. 10
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1
 Fancy 有時雖可作「愛情」解，但實指虛有其表，一時為美色所迷惑的情感。
3
 nourished 滋養；孕育。因押韻的關係本字最後一音節讀作[∫ed]。
5
 engendered 生成；發生。
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 and fancy dies ... where it lies 這種「愛情」朝生暮謝，尚在襁褓中便已逝去，暗示為外表迷惑的感情生命短促，一晃即逝。
8
 knell 喪鐘。