This hand, Tod said — you see this hand,
Four fingers and a thumb ...
It's difficult to understand ...
And Dan, in kingdom-come!

A hand like any other hand —
The very same that he
Gripped when he came, the first to land
After ten months at sea.

It's difficult to understand,
Now that Dan's lying dead,
That it's still plump and brown, my hand
That should be shrunk and red!