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- loked up with big round
His said:' Victor, my only son, don't you ever tell lies.'
It was a frosty December, it wsn't the for fruits;
His fell dead of heart disease while lacing up his boots.
It was a December when into his grave he sank;
His uncle found 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 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.
Victor went up to his bedroom, set the alarm
Climbed into his bed, took his and read of happend to Jezebel.
It was the of April, Anna to the Peveril came;
Her eyes, her lips, her breasts, her and her smile set men
aflame. It was the of April, she was wearing a coat of fur;
Victor met her upon the stairs and in love with her.
The first time he made his proposal, she laughed, said:' never

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

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

Cried:'Are you pleased with me, Father ?' and the answer
back,No.
Victor came to the forest, cried:'Father, she ever be
?'
And the oaks and the shook their heads and they
Not to you.'
Victor came to the meadow where the wind
sweeping by: Cried:' O Father, I love her so,' but the said:' She
die.'
Victor came to the river running so deep and so
O Father, what shall I do ?' and the river answered:' Kill.'
Anna was sitting at table, drawing cards a pack;
Anna was sitting at 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 as if he hadn't
heard.
was a voice in his left ear, there was a voice in the
right,
There was a at the base of his skull saying:'She must die
tonight.'
Victor picked up a carving knife, his features 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 the sofa, she tore 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 ran down the stairs and sang; ' I am the Resurrection
and the Life.'
They tapped on the shoulder, they took him away
in a
He sat as quiet as a lump of moss ' I am the Son of
Man.'
Victor sat in a
Making a of clay.
Saying:' I am Alpha and Omega, I shall
To the earth one day.'