O ye great Gods, wherefore unlock not I
My lips, ere yet ye have slain me utterly,
Ye whom I love most? No. It may not be!
The one heart that I need I ne'er should gain
To trust me. I should break mine oath in vain.

THESEUS
Death! but he chokes me with his saintly tone!--
Up, get thee from this land! Begone! Begone!

HIPPOLYTUS
Where shall I turn me? Think. To what friend's door
Betake me, banished on a charge so sore?

THESEUS
Whoso delights to welcome to his hall
Vile ravishers ... to guard his hearth withal!

HIPPOLYTUS
Thou seekst my heart, my tears? Aye, let it be
Thus! I am vile to all men, and to thee!

THESEUS
There was a time for tears and thought; the time
Ere thou didst up and gird thee to thy crime.

HIPPOLYTUS
Ye stones, will ye not speak? Ye castle walls!
Bear witness if I be so vile, so false!