| 1 | You cannot spot my frailness for I have wiped my tears try . | |
| 2 | I would like to be a silk handkerchief in your hand to wipe away your tears. | |
| 3 | For if those streaks, those mile-long, shiny, tearstains | |
| 4 | Alan woke with the early-morning sun gently warming his face. | |
| 5 | For tear stains in a pillow case, treat them the sameway you would a perspiration stain. |