# Volpone; Or, The Fox

Author: Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637

Genre: Category: Plays/Films/Dramas

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4039

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Volpone%3B+Or%2C+The+Fox+Jonson&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

VOLP: Good morning to the day; and next, my gold: Open the shrine, that I may see my Saint. [MOSCA WITHDRAWS THE CURTAIN, AND DISCOVERS PILES OF GOLD, PLATE, JEWELS, ETC.] Hail the world's soul, and mine! more glad than is The teeming earth to see the long'd-for sun Peep through the horns of the celestial Ram, Am I, to view thy splendour darkening his; That lying here, amongst my other hoards, Shew'st like a flame by night; or like the day Struck out of chaos, when all darkness fled Unto the centre. O thou son of Sol, But brighter than thy father, let me kiss, With adoration, thee, and every relick Of sacred treasure, in this blessed room. Well did wise poets, by thy glorious name, Title...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/volpone-or-the-fox-4039/chapters/7/index.md)