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131. v

Full fathom five thy father lies;
  Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
  Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
                        Ding-dong.
  Hark! now I hear them—
            Ding-dong, bell!


132. Love

       Tell me where is Fancy bred,
           Or in the heart or in the head?
       How begot, how nourishèd?
           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.
All. Ding, dong, bell.

133. Sweet-and-Twenty

O mistress mine, where are you roaming?
  O, stay and hear! your true love's coming,
  That can sing both high and low:
Trip no further, pretty sweeting;
Journeys end in lovers meeting,
  Every wise man's son doth know.