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.. role:: title
Text before block.
| Lend us a couple of bob till Thursday.
| I'm absolutely skint.
| But I'm expecting a postal order and I can pay you back
as soon as it comes.
| Love, Ewan.
This example illustrates the nesting of line blocks, indicated by the initial indentation of new lines:
Take it away, Eric the Orchestra Leader!
| A one, two, a one two three four
|
| Half a bee, philosophically,
| must, *ipso facto*, half not be.
| But half the bee has got to be,
| *vis a vis* its entity. D'you see?
|
| But can a bee be said to be
| or not to be an entire bee,
| when half the bee is not a bee,
| due to some ancient injury?
|
| Singing...
"To Ma Own Beloved Lassie: A Poem on her 17th Birthday", by
Ewan McTeagle (for Lassie O'Shea):
.. line-block::
Lend us a couple of bob till Thursday.
I'm absolutely skint.
But I'm expecting a postal order and I can pay you back
as soon as it comes.
Love, Ewan.
Take it away, Eric the Orchestra Leader!
| `stanza title 1`
| A one, two, a one two three four
|
| `stanza title 2`
| Half a bee, philosophically,
| must, *ipso facto*, half not be.
| But half the bee has got to be,
| *vis a vis* its entity. D'you see?
|
| stanza title 3 :title:`x`
| But can a bee be said to be
| or not to be an entire bee,
| when half the bee is not a bee,
| due to some ancient injury?
|
| Singing...
|
