54 lines
1.2 KiB
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54 lines
1.2 KiB
Plaintext
#let poem(content) = {
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set par(first-line-indent: 0em)
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align(center, block[
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#set align(left)
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#set block(breakable: false)
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#emph(content)
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])
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}
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#poem[
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#block[
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“They told me you had been to her, \
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#h(1em)And mentioned me to him: \
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She gave me a good character, \
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#h(1em)But said I could not swim.
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]
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#block[
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He sent them word I had not gone \
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#h(1em)\(We know it to be true): \
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If she should push the matter on, \
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#h(1em)What would become of you?
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]
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#block[
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I gave her one, they gave him two, \
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#h(1em)You gave us three or more; \
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They all returned from him to you, \
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#h(1em)Though they were mine before.
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]
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#block[
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If I or she should chance to be \
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#h(1em)Involved in this affair, \
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He trusts to you to set them free, \
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#h(1em)Exactly as we were.
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]
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#block[
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My notion was that you had been \
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#h(1em)\(Before she had this fit) \
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An obstacle that came between \
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#h(1em)Him, and ourselves, and it.
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]
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#block[
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Don't let him know she liked them best, \
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#h(1em)For this must ever be \
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A secret, kept from all the rest, \
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#h(1em)Between yourself and me.”
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]
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]
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