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SHAKSPERE-BACON CIPHER by WALT WHITMAN

Poet Analysis

First Line: I DOUBT IT NOT - THEN MORE, FAR MORE
Last Line: A MYSTIC CIPHER WAITS INFOLDED.
Subject(s): BACON, FRANCIS (1561-1626); DRAMATISTS; PHILOSOPHY & PHILOSOPHERS; PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS; POETRY & POETS; SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616);
I doubt it not -- then more, far more;
In each old song bequeath'd -- in every noble page or text,
(Different -- something unreck'd before -- some unsuspected author,)
In every object, mountain, tree, and star -- in every birth and life,
As part of each -- evolv'd from each -- meaning, behind the ostent,
A mystic cipher waits infolded.



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