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

The rose to the sound of his heartbeat
Loud in the silent approach of the
He glanced through the window at mist on the
Which hung a shroud in the still of the morn
The silver cobwebs with the dew
Hung from the bushes in splendour
And lilies asleep on the lake
reflected so delicate, tranquil and tender.
The boat man as he strode through the woods
To the place where his boat lay moored to a
The hollow as his footsteps echoed
Until the was lost on the lake
He cast off, the boat from the shore
Peering a head damp clinging haze
He thought that he saw swirling shapes
A trick on the eyes that the mist plays.
So intent was the on crossing the lake
That he failed to notice the current that
Leading his boat from parts
He was firmly, yet somehow unknowingly,
All at once the mist seemed to
to show the boatman a pool
That he'd never seen in the of his life
Unnaturally deep, and silent, and cool.
The shirt clung to his back
He was sweating both from exertion and
He had the sensation that someone was
He the presence of somebody near
An invisible prevented him moving
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 before him
The wraith-like form of a maiden
in shimmering radiant robes
The materialised as she neared
The which finely crowned her head
Was a halo of golden the sun
All of the beautiful women of
Were all at once into one.
She the boatman the sword she was holding
Which flashed irridescent before his
surely was hardly a match
For a sword that simple description
The stood transfixed by her gaze
Which reached to the depths of his very
To he who could conquer the evils of
She herself as a whole.
The vanished before his gaze
Leaving him the sword in his fist
The hairs on the nape of his neck to stiffen
A creature him from out of the mist
It was powerful, and yet stupid indeed
For it right back and failed to attack
The boatman struck at its stupid eyes
And it crashed to the and lay on its back.
Without a warning the sky seemed to
As though the sun in total eclipse
The crouched low as a vast eagle swooped
And a horrified cry from his lips
It strutted before him pride in its bearing
Admiring its both vicious and cruel
Taking advantage the struck fast
And the slid to the depths of the pool.
The boatman tried moving his boat
But his pole had grown in the watery deep
The bank grew alive with the coils of a
And all you could was its slither and creep
It cast an envious at the boatman
Slid into the and swam to the boat
He stood hypnotised by its green jealous
As it came from the water and round his throat.
As its tightened slowly his breath came in gasps
As he choked so he the sword in despair
As the snake was still gloating he 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 never
His eyes like a tongue darted around
Not daring to rest for a or more.
An shiver went up his spine
As he the sound of eerie howls
A wolf appeared on the banks of the
Saliva dripped its loathsome jowls
Hatred deep in his eyes
Which like coals from Hades fire
It seemed to as it crouched and snarled
And watched as the boatman to tire.
It was almost as though the wolf had
For it did not attack as the others had
But its time until the moment was right
And sprang as the boatman stared the sun
But the boatman too had to hold back
And holding his sword as though a
He plunged it deep into the heart
Then fell to his and prayed for his life.
As he felt a hand on his he whirled
To find the by his side
She and the world seemed to open before him
He tried to speak but his was tied
You must plunge the deep into my heart
Lest I should crumble into
She offered the boatman the meaning of
And love, if he but conquer lust.
She her breasts before his eyes
The still was stricken dumb
He flung the sword back into the
Back to the depths which it had come
The water around him to boil
The maiden began to away
His boat was swamped as the creatures
And evil lived for day.