Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt.

Alfred Tennyson

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Topic

Optimism

Author

Alfred Tennyson

Source

The Ancient Sage Tiresias and Other Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1885 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. "The Ancient Sage." Tiresias and Other Poems. London: Macmillan and Co., 1885, I. 68.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. "The Ancient Sage." Tennyson's Poetry, edited by Robert W. Hill, Jr. W. W. Norton & Company, 1999, l. 68.

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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 —

Emily Dickinson

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Topic
Majority opinions Thinking differently

Author

Emily Dickinson
Source
Much Madness Is Divinest Sense Poems
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1886 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "Much Madness Is Divinest Sense." Poems by Emily Dickinson. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890, I. 1.

Current Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "Much Madness Is Divinest Sense." Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, edited by Cristanne Miller. Belknap Press, 2016, I. 1.