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A WAIL by RAY CLARKE ROSE

First Line: HE TOUCHED ME, AND A VAGUE UNREST
Last Line: "I SAY, ""HE TOUCHED ME FOR A TEN!"
Subject(s): CHARM; TOUCH (SENSE);
He touched me, and a vague unrest,
A subtile tremor, thrilled my breast.
With eager eyes he scanned my face,
And then he spoke. Ah! who can tell
The mystery of words, the grace
Of speech with which he wove the spell
That made me trust him so? I know
That you will sneer, and say,
Regardless of my loss and woe,
That this thing happens every day;
But you may show more kindness when
I say, "He touched me for a Ten!"



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