Luyện nghe bài hát Victor

(W.H. Auden)
Victor was a little baby, this world he came:
His took him on his knee and said:' Don't dishonour the family
name.' Victor looked up at his father- 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 disease while lacing up his boots.
It was a frosty when into his grave he sank;
His uncle found Victor a as a cashier in the Midlands Counties
bank.
It was a frosty December was only 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
Victor day after day as a cat willwatch a mouse.
Victor went up to his bedroom, set the bell;
into his bed, took his bible and read of happend to Jezebel.
It was the First of April, Anna to the came;
Her eyes, her lips, her breasts, her hips and her set men
aflame. It was the Second of April, she was wearing a of fur;
Victor met her upon the stairs and in love with her.
The first time he made his proposal, she laughed, I'll never

The second there was a pause, then 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 time hemade 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 in August, she said;'Kiss me, you funny

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

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