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

The boatman rose to the sound of his
in the silent approach of the dawn
He glanced through the window at mist on the
Which like a shroud in the still of the morn
The silver cobwebs spun the dew
Hung the bushes in filigree splendour
And water asleep on the lake
reflected so delicate, tranquil and tender.
The man sighed as he strode through the woods
To the place where his lay moored to a stake
The hollow sound as his echoed
Until the sound was lost on the
He cast off, the boat from the shore
Peering a head damp clinging haze
He that he saw strange swirling shapes
A trick on the eyes that the mist plays.
So intent was the on crossing the lake
he failed to notice the current that flowed
Leading his boat from familiar
He was firmly, yet somehow unknowingly,
All at once the seemed to lift
Sufficient to show the boatman a
he'd never seen in the whole of his life
Unnaturally deep, and silent, and cool.
The shirt clung to his back
He was both 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 was utterly sapped
The twisted bushes round the lake
a fish in a net he was trapped.
Suddenly out of the water him
The wraith-like form of a appeared
in shimmering radiant robes
The materialised as she neared
The which finely crowned her head
Was a of golden reflecting the sun
All of the beautiful women of
Were all at once into one.
She the boatman the sword she was holding
flashed irridescent before his eyes
Excalibur was hardly a match
For a that simple description defies
The boatman stood transfixed by her
Which to the depths of his very soul
To he who could conquer the of life
She herself as a whole.
The maiden vanished before his
him clutching the sword in his fist
The hairs on the nape of his neck seemed to
A creature him from out of the mist
It was powerful, huge and yet stupid
For it held right and failed to attack
The boatman struck at its small eyes
And it crashed to the and lay on its back.
Without a warning the sky seemed to
As the sun were in total eclipse
The boatman crouched low as a vast eagle
And a horrified cry from his lips
It strutted before him with pride in its
Admiring its talons both and cruel
Taking advantage the struck fast
And the eagle to the depths of the pool.
The boatman tried moving his boat
But his had grown roots in the watery deep
The grew alive with the coils of a snake
And all you could hear was its slither and
It an envious stare at the boatman
into the water and swam to the boat
He stood by its green jealous eyes
As it came from the water and coiled his throat.
As its coils tightened his breath came in gasps
As he so he lifted the sword in despair
As the was still gloating he severed its head
And in death the snake's thrashed wild in the air
The boatman wiped the from his brow
His heart was as never before
His eyes like a lizard's tongue around
Not daring to rest for a or more.
An shiver went up his spine
As he heard the sound of eerie
A appeared on the banks of the pool
Saliva from its loathsome jowls
Hatred smouldered in his eyes
Which glowed like coals Hades fire
It seemed to grow as it and snarled
And watched as the began to tire.
It was as though the wolf had learned
For it did not attack as the had done
But bided its until the moment was right
And sprang as the boatman into the sun
But the boatman too had learned to back
And holding his sword as though a
He plunged it deep into the heart
fell to his knees and prayed for his life.
As he felt a hand on his he whirled
To find the by his side
She smiled and the world to open before him
He tried to speak but his was tied
You must plunge the sword into my heart
I should crumble into dust
She offered the the meaning of life
And love, if he but conquer lust.
She bared her breasts before his
The boatman still was stricken
He flung the sword into the water
Back to the from which it had come
The water around him to boil
The began to wither away
His boat was swamped as the creatures
And evil lived for day.