Concerning the bi-literal cypher of Francis Bacon discovered in his works

by Elizabeth Wells Gallup

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The sun to me is dark

And silent as the moon

When she deserts the night,

Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.

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Yet once more, oh ye laurels, and once more

Ye myrtles brown, and ivy never sere,

I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude,

And with forced fingers rude