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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FANCY, by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Fancy's the wealth of wealth
Last Line: Nor loses one sweet taste of the sweet world.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hunt, Leigh
Subject(s): Imagination; Fancy
First Line: Fancy's the wealth of wealth
Last Line: Nor loses one sweet taste of the sweet world.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hunt, Leigh
Subject(s): Imagination; Fancy
FANCY's the wealth of wealth, the toiler's hope
The poor man's piecer-out; the art of nature,
Painting her landscapes twice; the spirit of fact,
As matter is the body; the pure gift
Of Heaven to poet and to child; which he
Who retains most in manhood, being a man
In all things fitting else, is most a man;
Because he wants no human faculty,
Nor loses one sweet taste of the sweet world.
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