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

The boatman rose to the of his heartbeat
Loud in the approach of the dawn
He glanced through the window at mist on the
Which hung like a shroud in the still of the
The silver spun with the dew
Hung the bushes in filigree splendour
And water asleep on the lake
reflected so delicate, tranquil and tender.
The boat man as he strode through the woods
To the where his boat lay moored to a stake
The hollow as his footsteps echoed
Until the was lost on the lake
He cast off, poling the from the shore
Peering a head through clinging haze
He thought that he saw strange swirling
A on the eyes that the mist often plays.
So was the boatman on crossing the lake
he failed to notice the current that flowed
Leading his boat familiar parts
He was firmly, yet somehow unknowingly,
All at once the seemed to lift
Sufficient to the boatman a pool
That he'd never seen in the whole of his
Unnaturally deep, and silent, and cool.
The boatman's shirt clung to his
He was sweating from exertion and fear
He had the sensation that was watching
He felt the of somebody near
An invisible force prevented him
The strength of his arms was utterly
The twisted bushes converged the lake
Like a in a net he was trapped.
out of the water before him
The wraith-like of a maiden appeared
Clad in shimmering radiant
The materialised as she neared
The hair which finely crowned her
Was a of golden reflecting the sun
All of the women of time
Were formed all at into one.
She the boatman the sword she was holding
Which irridescent before his eyes
Excalibur surely was a match
For a sword that description defies
The stood transfixed by her gaze
reached to the depths of his very soul
To he who conquer the evils of life
She offered as a whole.
The vanished before his gaze
Leaving him clutching the in his fist
The hairs on the nape of his seemed to stiffen
A approached him from out of the mist
It was powerful, huge and yet indeed
For it held back and failed to attack
The boatman at its small stupid eyes
And it crashed to the and lay on its back.
a warning the sky seemed to blacken
As the sun were in total eclipse
The boatman crouched low as a vast swooped
And a horrified cry escaped his lips
It strutted before him with in its bearing
Admiring its talons vicious and cruel
Taking the boatman struck fast
And the eagle slid to the of the pool.
The terrified boatman tried moving his
But his pole had grown roots in the watery
The bank grew with the coils of a snake
And all you hear was its slither and creep
It cast an envious at the boatman
into the water and swam to the boat
He hypnotised by its green jealous eyes
As it came from the water and round his throat.
As its coils tightened slowly his came in gasps
As he so he lifted the sword in despair
As the snake was still he severed its head
And in death the snake's coils thrashed in the air
The boatman wiped the sweat from his
His heart was pounding as before
His like a lizard's tongue darted around
Not to rest for a minute or more.
An shiver went up his spine
As he heard the sound of howls
A wolf appeared on the banks of the
Saliva dripped from its jowls
Hatred smouldered in his eyes
Which glowed like coals from Hades
It seemed to grow as it and snarled
And watched as the began to tire.
It was almost as though the had learned
For it did not attack as the had done
But bided its time until the moment was
And sprang as the boatman stared the sun
But the boatman too had to hold back
And holding his as though a knife
He it deep into the wolf's heart
fell to his knees and prayed for his life.
As he felt a hand on his he whirled
To the maiden by his side
She smiled and the world seemed to open him
He to speak but his tongue was tied
You must plunge the sword into my heart
Lest I should into dust
She offered the the meaning of life
And love, if he but conquer lust.
She her breasts before his eyes
The boatman still was dumb
He the sword back into the water
to the depths from which it had come
The water him began to boil
The began to wither away
His boat was swamped as the arose
And lived for another day.