Unbehold

时间：2007-06-13 06:11:14

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 by Bruce Beasley

    Lord Nelson's hand， blasted

    off by musket-fire at Tenerife，

    stayed clutched into a fist

    in the gap below his stump1，

    the unbeholdable

    fingers stabbing

    their ever-longer nails

    into his palm. Daily

    in the amputated place

    the gone

    fingers cut deeper

    into the gone & welted

    skin. If a hand

    can outlast2

    its shearing-off & still

    inflict3 its scratch & cramp4，

    he thought， how much

    more must the soul

    go on when the whole

    body's a phantom5

    body， rid

    of all but

    its spirit's

    fist-kinks & stabs？


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1 stump hGbzY     
n.残株，烟蒂，讲演台；v.砍断，蹒跚而走
参考例句：
  • He went on the stump in his home state.他到故乡所在的州去发表演说。
  • He used the stump as a table.他把树桩用作桌子。
2 outlast dmfz8P     
v.较…耐久
参考例句：
  • The great use of life is to spend it doing something that will outlast it.人生的充分利用就是为争取比人生更长久的东西而度过一生。
  • These naturally dried flowers will outlast a bouquet of fresh blooms.这些自然风干的花会比一束鲜花更加持久。
3 inflict Ebnz7     
vt.(on)把…强加给，使遭受，使承担
参考例句：
  • Don't inflict your ideas on me.不要把你的想法强加于我。
  • Don't inflict damage on any person.不要伤害任何人。
4 cramp UoczE     
n.痉挛；[pl.](腹)绞痛；vt.限制，束缚
参考例句：
  • Winston stopped writing,partly because he was suffering from cramp.温斯顿驻了笔，手指也写麻了。
  • The swimmer was seized with a cramp and had to be helped out of the water.那个在游泳的人突然抽起筋来，让别人帮着上了岸。
5 phantom T36zQ     
n.幻影，虚位，幽灵；adj.错觉的，幻影的，幽灵的
参考例句：
  • I found myself staring at her as if she were a phantom.我发现自己瞪大眼睛看着她，好像她是一个幽灵。
  • He is only a phantom of a king.他只是有名无实的国王。

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