Luyện nghe bài hát Victor

(W.H. Auden)
Victor was a baby, into this world he came:
His father took him on his 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 dead of heart disease while lacing up his boots.
It was a December when into his grave he sank;
His uncle found Victor a post as a in the Midlands Counties
bank.
It was a frosty December was only eighteen.
But his figures were neat and his straight and his cuffs were
clean.
He took a room at the Peveril, a And Time
watched Victor day day as a cat willwatch a mouse.
went up to his bedroom, set the alarm bell;
Climbed 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 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 time he made his proposal, she laughed, said:' I'll never

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

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

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