#let poem(content) = {
  set par(first-line-indent: 0em)

  align(center, block[
    #set align(left)
    #set block(breakable: false)
    #emph(content)
  ])
}

#poem[
  #block[
    “They told me you had been to her, \
    #h(1em)And mentioned me to him: \
    She gave me a good character, \
    #h(1em)But said I could not swim.
  ]

  #block[
    He sent them word I had not gone \
    #h(1em)\(We know it to be true): \
    If she should push the matter on, \
    #h(1em)What would become of you?
  ]

  #block[
    I gave her one, they gave him two, \
    #h(1em)You gave us three or more; \
    They all returned from him to you, \
    #h(1em)Though they were mine before.
  ]

  #block[
    If I or she should chance to be \
    #h(1em)Involved in this affair, \
    He trusts to you to set them free, \
    #h(1em)Exactly as we were.
  ]

  #block[
    My notion was that you had been \
    #h(1em)\(Before she had this fit) \
    An obstacle that came between \
    #h(1em)Him, and ourselves, and it.
  ]

  #block[
    Don't let him know she liked them best, \
    #h(1em)For this must ever be \
    A secret, kept from all the rest, \
    #h(1em)Between yourself and me.”
  ]
]