So Breaks The Sun

Ben JonsonBen Jonson

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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.
Ben Jonson
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Ben Jonson

1572 - 1637/EnglishVolpone and The Alchemist, his garrulous personality, and his tempestuous rivalry with William Shakespeare. Early life Although he was born in Westminster, Jonson claimed his family was of Border descent, and this may be confirmed by the fa…

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