Fancy Quotes
(1 - 10 of 17)Woe to the youth whom Fancy gains,
Winning from Reason's hand the reins,
Pity and woe! for more
Woe to the youth whom Fancy gains,
Winning from Reason's hand the reins,
Pity and woe! for such a mind
Is soft contemplative, and kind.
When last the young Orlando parted from you,
He left a promise to return again
Within a more
When last the young Orlando parted from you,
He left a promise to return again
Within a hour; and pacing through the forest,
Chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancy,
Lo, what befell!
Tell me where is fancy bred,
Or in the heart, or in the head?
How begot, how more
Tell me where is fancy bred,
Or in the heart, or in the head?
How begot, how nourished?
Reply, reply.
It is engend'red in the eyes,
With gazing fed, and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.
So full of shapes is fancy
That it alone is high fantastical.
So full of shapes is fancy
That it alone is high fantastical.
Let fancy still in my sense in Lethe steep;
If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep!
Let fancy still in my sense in Lethe steep;
If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep!
We figure to ourselves
The thing we like, and then we build it up
As chance will more
We figure to ourselves
The thing we like, and then we build it up
As chance will have it, on the rock or sand:
For Thought is tired of wandering o'er the world,
And homebound Fancy runs her bark ashore.
Fancy light from Fancy caught.
Fancy light from Fancy caught.
Sad fancies do we then affect,
In luxury of disrespect
To our own prodigal excess
more
Sad fancies do we then affect,
In luxury of disrespect
To our own prodigal excess
Of too familiar happiness.
While fancy, like the finger of a clock,
Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.
While fancy, like the finger of a clock,
Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.
Ever let the Fancy roam,
Pleasure never is at home.
Ever let the Fancy roam,
Pleasure never is at home.
