alice-in-metamorpov/adventures-in-wonderland/poems/lobster-quadrille-part-2.typ

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set par(first-line-indent: 0em)
align(center, block[
#set align(left)
#set block(breakable: false)
#emph(content)
])
}
#poem[
#block[
“'Tis the voice of the Lobster; I heard him declare, \
“You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair.” \
As a duck with its eyelids, so he with his nose \
Trims his belt and his buttons, and turns out his toes.”
]
#block[
[later editions continued as follows \
When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark, \
And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark, \
But, when the tide rises and sharks are around, \
His voice has a timid and tremulous sound.]
]
]