Luyện nghe bài hát Victor

(W.H. Auden)
Victor was a little baby, into this he came:
His father him on his knee and said:' Don't dishonour the family
name.' Victor up at his father- loked up with big round eyes:
His father said:' Victor, my only son, you ever tell lies.'
It was a frosty December, it the season for fruits;
His father fell dead of disease while lacing up his boots.
It was a frosty December when into his grave he
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 and his margins straight and his cuffs were
clean.
He took a room at the Peveril, a respectableboarding-house: And
Victor day after day as a cat willwatch a mouse.
Victor went up to his bedroom, set the bell;
Climbed into his bed, took his and read of happend to Jezebel.
It was the First of April, to the Peveril came;
Her eyes, her lips, her breasts, her hips and her set men
aflame. It was the Second of April, she was wearing a coat of
Victor met her upon the stairs and in love with her.
The time he made his proposal, she laughed, said:' I'll never

The second there was a pause, then she shook her head. Anna
looked at the mirror, pouted and gave a frown; Said;'Victor's as
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 like a the head, said,'You are my heart's
desire.'
married early in August, she said;'Kiss me, you funny

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

Cried:'Are you with me, Father ?' and the answer came
back,No.
came to the forest, cried:'Father, will she ever be
?'
And the oaks and the beeches their heads and they
Not to you.'
Victor to the meadow where the wind went
by: Cried:' O Father, I love her so,' but the wind said:' She
die.'
Victor came to the river running so deep and so
Crying:' O Father, shall I do ?' and the river answered:' Kill.'
Anna was sitting at table, drawing cards a pack;
Anna was sitting at table waiting for her to come back.
Victor stood in the doorway, he didn't a word;
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 must die
tonight.'
Victor up a carving knife, his features were set and
drawn, Said;'Anna, it would have been for you if you had not
born.'
Anna jumped up from the table, started to scream,
But Victor cam after her like a horror in a dream.
She dodged behind the sofa, she tore down a rod,
But Victor slowly after her, said' Prepare to meet Thy God.'
He stood above the body, he stood there holding the knife;
And the ran down the stairs and sang; ' I am the Resurrection
and the Life.'
They Victor on the shoulder, they took him away
in a
He sat as as a lump of moss saying; ' I am the Son of
Man.'
Victor sat in a
Making a of clay.
I am Alpha and Omega, I shall come
To the earth one day.'