the riddle

The Riddle we can guess

We speedily Despise --

Not anything is stale so long

As Yesterday's surprise

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much madness is divinest sense

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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20/20

"Faith" is a fine invention

When Gentlemen can see --

But Microscopes are prudent

In an Emergency.

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