1. Much Madness is divinest Sense

Much Madness is divinest Sense

BY EMILY DICKINSON  1830–1886  Emily Dickinson 

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

 

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