Luyện nghe bài hát The Vision Of The Lady Of The Lake

The boatman to the sound of his heartbeat
Loud in the silent approach of the
He glanced through the at mist on the lake
Which hung like a shroud in the of the morn
The silver cobwebs with the dew
Hung from the in filigree splendour
And lilies asleep on the lake
Were so delicate, tranquil and tender.
The boat man as he strode through the woods
To the place his boat lay moored to a stake
The sound as his footsteps echoed
Until the sound was on the lake
He cast off, poling the boat from the
Peering a head through damp haze
He thought that he saw swirling shapes
A trick on the eyes that the mist plays.
So intent was the boatman on crossing the
That he failed to the current that flowed
Leading his boat from familiar
He was firmly, yet unknowingly, towed
All at the mist seemed to lift
Sufficient to show the a pool
That he'd never seen in the whole of his
deep, black and silent, and cool.
The shirt clung to his back
He was sweating both from exertion and
He had the sensation that was watching
He the presence of somebody near
An invisible prevented him moving
The strength of his was utterly sapped
The twisted bushes converged round the
a fish in a net he was trapped.
Suddenly out of the water him
The wraith-like form of a maiden
Clad in shimmering robes
The materialised as she neared
The hair which crowned her head
Was a of golden reflecting the sun
All of the women of time
Were all at once into one.
She handed the boatman the she was holding
Which irridescent before his eyes
Excalibur surely was a match
For a sword simple description defies
The boatman transfixed by her gaze
Which to the depths of his very soul
To he who could conquer the evils of
She offered as a whole.
The maiden vanished before his
Leaving him the sword in his fist
The hairs on the of his neck seemed to stiffen
A creature him from out of the mist
It was powerful, huge and yet indeed
For it held right back and failed to
The boatman struck at its small eyes
And it crashed to the and lay on its back.
Without a the sky seemed to blacken
As though the sun were in eclipse
The boatman low as a vast eagle swooped
And a horrified cry from his lips
It strutted before him pride in its bearing
Admiring its talons both vicious and
Taking advantage the boatman fast
And the eagle slid to the of the pool.
The terrified boatman moving his boat
But his pole had grown roots in the deep
The grew alive with the coils of a snake
And all you hear was its slither and creep
It cast an envious stare at the
Slid into the and swam to the boat
He stood hypnotised by its jealous eyes
As it came from the water and round his throat.
As its coils tightened slowly his came in gasps
As he choked so he lifted the in despair
As the snake was gloating he severed its head
And in the snake's coils thrashed wild in the air
The boatman wiped the from his brow
His heart was pounding as before
His eyes like a lizard's tongue around
Not to rest for a minute or more.
An involuntary went up his spine
As he heard the sound of howls
A wolf on the banks of the pool
Saliva from its loathsome jowls
Hatred smouldered deep in his
Which glowed like coals from Hades
It seemed to as it crouched and snarled
And as the boatman began to tire.
It was as though the wolf had learned
For it did not attack as the others had
But bided its time until the moment was
And as the boatman stared into the sun
But the boatman too had learned to hold
And holding his sword as a knife
He plunged it deep into the wolf's
Then fell to his knees and for his life.
As he a hand on his shoulder he whirled
To find the maiden by his
She smiled and the world seemed to before him
He tried to speak but his tongue was
You must plunge the sword deep my heart
I should crumble into dust
She offered the boatman the of life
And love, if he could but lust.
She bared her breasts his eyes
The boatman was stricken dumb
He the sword back into the water
Back to the depths from it had come
The water him began to boil
The maiden began to wither
His was swamped as the creatures arose
And lived for another day.