The madness that he's talking about is love. Because love is so powerful it can drive a person mad, and make life so overwhelmingly confusing. But he still speaks about how wonderful of a thing love is; that it's worth going mad for.
He is talking about how love is an illness that is very discreetly noticed, and also that it can choke us, but also is a very precious and sweet thing to obtain.
"Love is a smoke raised with a fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers' tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall and a preserving sweet."
In Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" (Act 1, Scene 1) the phrase is part of Romeo's rhyming lines about love (Why, such is love's transgression):Why, such is love's transgression.Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast,Which thou wilt propagate, to have it pressedWith more of thine. This love that thou hast shownDoth add more grief to too much of mine own.Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs;Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes;Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears.What is it else? A madness most discreet,A choking gall, and a preserving sweetWhich means that love can bring madness; it is a sweetness that sometimes brings pain.
Andy Griffiths wrote Mascot Madness.
Dance Madness was created on 1926-01-04.
He is talking about how love is an illness that is very discreetly noticed, and also that it can choke us, but also is a very precious and sweet thing to obtain.
"Love is a smoke raised with a fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers' tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall and a preserving sweet."
In Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" (Act 1, Scene 1) the phrase is part of Romeo's rhyming lines about love (Why, such is love's transgression):Why, such is love's transgression.Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast,Which thou wilt propagate, to have it pressedWith more of thine. This love that thou hast shownDoth add more grief to too much of mine own.Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs;Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes;Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears.What is it else? A madness most discreet,A choking gall, and a preserving sweetWhich means that love can bring madness; it is a sweetness that sometimes brings pain.
Falcon Crest - 1981 A Madness Most Discreet 7-16 was released on: USA: 5 February 1988 Sweden: 25 May 1990
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