Have kingdoms by the boon of silence fall'n.525
Creon: When silence is denied what can be given?
Oedipus: He sins who silence holds when speech is best.
Creon: Then hear in peace the words which I must speak.
Oedipus: Was ever punishment for speech compelled?
Creon: Afar from Thebes there is a frowning grove530
Near the well-watered vale of Dirce's fount.
And there a cypress lifts its giant head
And holds within its evergreen embrace
The trees around. Here stands an ancient oak