Bacon, Sir Francis, Viscount St. Albans
- Bacon, Sir Francis, Viscount St. Albans
(1561-1626)
Bacon is more remembered for his position as Lord Chancellor of England (1618-21) and for his non-fiction than for his poetry. His public life came to an end in 1621 when he was charged with taking bribes as judge and spent a few days in the Tower of London. Some of his publications are: The Proficience and Advancement of Learning, 1605. Novum Organum, 1620 (an English translation can be found at www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/bacon). History of Henry the Seventh, 1621. The New Atlantis, 1626 (describing a Utopian community). Sylva Sylvarum, 1627 (a miscellaneous collection of observations and experiments in natural history). Translation of Certain Psalms into English Verse, 1624. His Essays (1597-1625) are reckoned to be the most original of all his works. Some of his poems: "Guiltless Heart," "Sing a New Song" (appears to be inspired by Psalm 150), "Help Lord" (a plea that Truth and Right will prevail), "The Life of Man" (the world is but a bubble and the life of man is less than a hand span).
Sources: Dictionary of National Biography. Electronic Edition 1.1. Oxford University Press, 1997. Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite DVD, 2006. Poems of Sir Frances Bacon (www.shakespeare-oxford.com). The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry. 11th ed. The Columbia Granger's World of Poetry, Columbia University Press, 2005 (http://www.columbiagrangers.org). The National Portrait Gallery (www.npg.org.uk). The New Oxford Book of Sixteenth Century Verse. Emrys Jones, ed. Oxford University Press, 2002. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 6th edition. Margaret Drabble, ed. Oxford University Press, 2000.
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