by Ben Jonson (1572 - 1637)
So breaks the sun
Language: English
So breaks the sun earth's rugged chains, Wherein rude winter bound her veins; So grows both stream and source of price, That lately fettered were with ice. So naked trees get crisped heads, And colored coats the roughest meads, And all get vigor, youth, and spright, That are but looked on by his light.
Authorship:
- by Ben Jonson (1572 - 1637) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "So breaks the sun", 2011 [medium voice and guitar], from Three Johnson Ballads, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-12-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 54