Francis Bacon: Who then to frail mortality shall trust But limns the water, or but writes in dust.

Who then to frail mortality shall trust But limns the water, or but writes in du — Francis Bacon

Who then to frail mortality shall trust But limns the water, or but writes in dust.

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