\begin{verse}
A line of Emacs verse;\forcelinebreak
~~forgive its being so terse.
In terms of terse verse,\forcelinebreak
~~you could do worse.
\end{verse}
Regular.
\begin{verse}
A line of Emacs verse;\forcelinebreak
~~forgive its being so terse.\footnote{Another author}
\end{verse}
You can also use the <verse> tag, if you prefer.\footnote{This sucks}
\begin{verse}
A line of Emacs verse;\forcelinebreak
~~forgive its being so terse.
\end{verse}
Multiple stanzas may be included in one set of <verse> tags, as
follows.
\begin{verse}
A line of Emacs verse;\forcelinebreak
~~forgive its being so terse.
In terms of terse verse,\forcelinebreak
~~~~~~~~you could do worse.\footnote{The author}
\end{verse}
\begin{verse}
[space=on] \emph{level 0}\forcelinebreak
~[hello=there] level 1\forcelinebreak
~~\emph{This} buffer is for notes you don't want to save level 3
\emph{This} buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.This buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.\footnote{This buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.This buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.}
\end{verse}
\begin{verse}
\emph{hello} (0)\forcelinebreak
~there (1)\footnote{last}
~~hey! (2, after a blank line)
\end{verse}