Luyện nghe bài hát Victor

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

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

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

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