Luyện nghe bài hát Victor

(W.H. Auden)
Victor was a little baby, into world he came:
His father took him on his and said:' Don't dishonour the family
name.' Victor looked up at his father- up with big round eyes:
His father Victor, my only son, don't you ever tell lies.'
It was a frosty December, it wsn't the season for
His father fell dead of disease while lacing up his boots.
It was a frosty December when into his he sank;
His found Victor a post as a cashier in the Midlands Counties
bank.
It was a December Victor was only eighteen.
But his figures neat and his margins straight and his cuffs were
clean.
He a room at the Peveril, a respectableboarding-house: And Time
watched day after day as a cat willwatch a mouse.
went up to his bedroom, set the alarm bell;
Climbed his bed, took his bible and read of happend to Jezebel.
It was the of April, Anna to the Peveril came;
Her eyes, her lips, her breasts, her hips and her set men
aflame. It was the of April, she was wearing a coat of fur;
Victor met her upon the stairs and in love with her.
The first he made his proposal, she laughed, said:' I'll never

The second time there was a pause, she shook her head. Anna
at the mirror, pouted and gave a frown; Said;'Victor's as dull
as a wet afternoon but got to settle down.'
The third time hemade his proposal, as walked by the Reservoir,
She him a kiss like a blowon the head, said,'You are my heart's
desire.'
They married early in August, she me, you funny

Victor took her in his and said:'O my Helen of Troy.'
The clerks were talking of Anna, the was just ajar:
One said:'Poor old Victor, but where is bliss, etcetera.'
Victor looked up at the sunset as he stood all alone; Cried:'Are
you in Heaven, Father ?', but the sky not known.'
Victor looked up at the mountains, the all covered with

Cried:'Are you pleased me, Father ?' and the answer came
back,No.
came to the forest, cried:'Father, will she ever be
?'
And the oaks and the beeches shook their and they
Not to you.'
Victor came to the meadow where the wind
by: Cried:' O Father, I love her so,' but the wind said:' She
die.'
Victor came to the river running so deep and so
O Father, what shall I do ?' and the river answered:' Kill.'
Anna was at table, drawing cards from a pack;
Anna was sitting at table waiting for her to come back.
stood in the doorway, he didn't utter a word;
She said:'What's the matter, ?' he behaved as if he hadn't
heard.
There was a voice in his left ear, was a voice in the
right,
was a voice at the base of his skull saying:'She must die
tonight.'
Victor up a carving knife, his features were set and
drawn, Said;'Anna, it would have been for you if you had not
born.'
Anna up from the table, Anna started to scream,
But Victor cam slowly her like a horror in a dream.
She dodged behind the sofa, she down a curtain rod,
But Victor slowly after her, said' Prepare to meet Thy God.'
He stood there above the body, he stood there holding the
And the blood ran down the and sang; ' I am the Resurrection
and the Life.'
They tapped Victor on the shoulder, took him away
in a
He sat as quiet as a of moss saying; ' I am the Son of
Man.'
sat in a corner
a woman of clay.
Saying:' I am Alpha and Omega, I come
To judge the one day.'