#let poem(content) = { set par(first-line-indent: 0em) align(center, block[ #set align(left) #set block(breakable: false) #content ]) } #poem[ #block[ All in the golden afternoon\ #h(1em)Full leisurely we glide;\ For both our oars, with little skill,\ #h(1em)By little arms are plied,\ While little hands make vain pretence\ #h(1em)Our wanderings to guide. ] #block[ Ah, cruel Three! In such an hour,\ #h(1em)Beneath such dreamy weather,\ To beg a tale of breath too weak\ #h(1em)To stir the tiniest feather!\ Yet what can one poor voice avail\ #h(1em)Against three tongues together? ] #block[ Imperious Prima flashes forth\ #h(1em)Her edict “to begin it”—\ In gentler tones Secunda hopes\ #h(1em)“There will be nonsense in it!”—\ While Tertia interrupts the tale\ #h(1em)Not more than once a minute. ] #block[ Anon, to sudden silence won,\ #h(1em)In fancy they pursue\ The dream-child moving through a land\ #h(1em)Of wonders wild and new,\ In friendly chat with bird or beast—\ #h(1em)And half believe it true. ] #block[ And ever, as the story drained\ #h(1em)The wells of fancy dry,\ And faintly strove that weary one\ #h(1em)To put the subject by,\ “The rest next time—” “It is next time!”\ #h(1em)The happy voices cry. ] #block[ Thus grew the tale of Wonderland:\ #h(1em)Thus slowly, one by one,\ Its quaint events were hammered out—\ #h(1em)And now the tale is done,\ And home we steer, a merry crew,\ #h(1em)Beneath the setting sun. ] #block[ Y/n! A childish story take,\ #h(1em)And, with a gentle hand,\ Lay it where Childhood’s dreams are twined\ #h(1em)In Memory’s mystic band,\ Like pilgrim’s wither’d wreath of flowers\ #h(1em)Pluck’d in a far-off land. ] ]