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@@ -206,15 +206,15 @@ I must offer my immediate and unconditional apology for any slight or dissatisfa
 
 I will expect no reply in return, but let my poor words stand in place of any further deed that I may do to you and your family. But by your request, you shall not hear from this repentant soul again.
 
-> A rose, single, now blooming
->       may indeed bless the stem,
-> yet are not roses clipp'd and shown?
->       Undoubted 'tis a blessing to them
-> who receive such a gift!
->       Yet now unmade is the flow'r
-> which adorns thy mantle with its grace,
->       and withers, however slowly, by the hour
->             until 'tis faded to nothing and dust,
+> A rose, single, now blooming  
+>       may indeed bless the stem,  
+> yet are not roses clipp'd and shown?  
+>       Undoubted 'tis a blessing to them  
+> who receive such a gift!  
+>       Yet now unmade is the flow'r  
+> which adorns thy mantle with its grace,  
+>       and withers, however slowly, by the hour  
+>             until 'tis faded to nothing and dust,  
 >             though some scent remain forever amidst the must.
 
 I take well the meaning of your letter and the final gift of flowers within.