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68 lines
2.0 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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#content
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])
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}
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#poem[
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#block[
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“You are old, Father William,” the young man said, \
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#h(1em)“And your hair has become very white; \
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And yet you incessantly stand on your head--- \
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#h(1em)Do you think, at your age, it is right?”
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]
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#block[
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“In my youth,” Father William replied to his son, \
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#h(1em)“I feared it might injure the brain; \
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But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, \
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#h(1em)Why, I do it again and again.”
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]
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#block[
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“You are old,” said the youth, “as I mentioned before, \
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#h(1em)And have grown most uncommonly fat; \
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Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door--- \
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#h(1em)Pray, what is the reason of that?”
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]
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#block[
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“In my youth,” said the sage, as he shook his grey locks, \
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#h(1em)“I kept all my limbs very supple \
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By the use of this ointment---one shilling the box--- \
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#h(1em)Allow me to sell you a couple?”
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]
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#block[
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“You are old,” said the youth, “and your jaws are too weak \
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#h(1em)For anything tougher than suet; \
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Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak--- \
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#h(1em)Pray, how did you manage to do it?”
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]
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#block[
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“In my youth,” said his father, “I took to the law, \
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#h(1em)And argued each case with my wife; \
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And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw, \
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#h(1em)Has lasted the rest of my life.”
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]
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#block[
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“You are old,” said the youth, “one would hardly suppose \
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#h(1em)That your eye was as steady as ever; \
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Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose--- \
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#h(1em)What made you so awfully clever?”
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]
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#block[
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“I have answered three questions, and that is enough,” \
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#h(1em)Said his father; “don't give yourself airs! \
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Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff? \
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#h(1em)Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs!”
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]
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]
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