History & Politics
Song: So Breaks the Sun Earth's Rugged Chains
From The Irish Masque at Court
History & Politics
So breaks the sun earth's rugged chains,
Wherein rude winter bound her veins;
So grows both stream and source of price,
That lately fetter'd were with ice.
So naked trees get crisped heads,
And colour'd coats the roughest meads,
And all get vigour, youth, and spright,
That are but look'd on by his light.
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Codex Note
Sung by the Bard after the dance.
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Jonson, Ben. “Song: So Breaks the Sun Earth's Rugged Chains.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/294/.
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Jonson, Ben. “Song: So Breaks the Sun Earth's Rugged Chains.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/294/.
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