alice-in-metamorpov/poem.typ

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#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 Childhoods dreams are twined\
#h(1em)In Memorys mystic band,\
Like pilgrims witherd wreath of flowers\
#h(1em)Pluckd in a far-off land.
]
]