The Poem Problem

Writing poetry on webpages can be challenging! In HTML, spaces and new lines are ignored:

HTML file: Displayed by browser:
<p>
  My Bonnie lies over the ocean.
  My Bonnie lies over the sea.
  My Bonnie lies over the ocean.
  Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.
</p>

My Bonnie lies over the ocean. My Bonnie lies over the sea. My Bonnie lies over the ocean. Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.

<p>  My Bonnie lies over the ocean.
<br />   My Bonnie lies over the sea.
<br />   My Bonnie lies over the ocean.
<br />   Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.
<br /></p>

My Bonnie lies over the ocean.
My Bonnie lies over the sea.
My Bonnie lies over the ocean.
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.

Gee, that's a bit of work, isn't it?

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