Much Madness Is Divinest Sense

Much Madness Is Divinest Sense | Text of the Poem

Much Madness is divinest Sense—
To a discerning Eye—
Much Sense—the starkest Madness—
‘Tis the Majority
In this, as All, prevail—     5
Assent—and you are sane—
Demur—you’re straightway dangerous—
And handled with a Chain—

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