#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. ] ]