An Unworthy Man who had laughed at the woes1 of a Woman whom he loved, was bewailing his indiscretion in sack-cloth-of-gold and ashes-of-roses, when the Angel of Compassion2 looked down upon him, saying:
“Poor mortal! — how unblest not to know the wickedness of laughing at another’s misfortune!”
So saying, he let fall a great tear, which, encountering in its descent a current of cold air, was congealed3 into a hail-stone. This struck the Unworthy Man on the head and set him rubbing that bruised4 organ vigorously with one hand while vainly attempting to expand an umbrella with the other.
Thereat the Angel of Compassion did most shamelessly and wickedly laugh.
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1 woes | |
困境( woe的名词复数 ); 悲伤; 我好苦哇; 某人就要倒霉 | |
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2 compassion | |
n.同情,怜悯 | |
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3 congealed | |
v.使凝结,冻结( congeal的过去式和过去分词 );(指血)凝结 | |
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4 bruised | |
[医]青肿的,瘀紫的 | |
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