Re: [XSL] extracting a verse

I missed the start of this thread but is d-o-e acceptable?

If so it seems fairly easy, something like

<x>

<quote>
<verse/>No! penury, inertness and grimace,<endVerse/>
<verse/>In some strange sort, were the land's portion. <q>See<endVerse/>
<verse/>Or shut your eyes,</q> said Nature peevishly,<endVerse/>
<verse/><q>It nothing skills: I cannot help my case:<endVerse/>
<verse/>'Tis the Last Judgment's fire must cure this place,<endVerse/>
<verse/>Calcine its clods and set my prisoners free.</q><endVerse/>
</quote>

<quote>
<verse/><s><seg>Of Man's first disobedience,</seg> <seg>and the
fruit<endVerse/>
<verse/>Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste <endVerse/>
<verse/>Brought death into the World,</seg> <seg>and all our
woe,</seg><endVerse/>
<verse/><seg>With loss of Eden,</seg> <seg>till one greater Man
<endVerse/>
<verse/>Restore us,</seg> <seg>and regain the blissful
seat,</seg><endVerse/>
<verse/><seg>Sing,</seg> <seg>Heavenly Muse,</seg> <seg>that,</seg>
<seg>on
the secret top <endVerse/>
<verse/>Of Oreb,</seg> <seg>or of Sinai,</seg> <seg>didst inspire
<endVerse/>
<verse/>That Shepherd who first taught the chosen seed <endVerse/>
<verse/>In the beginning how the heavens and earth <endVerse/>
<verse/>Rose out of Chaos:</seg> <seg>or,</seg> <seg>if Sion hill
<endVerse/>
<verse/>Delight thee more,</seg> <seg>and Siloa's brook that flowed
<endVerse/>
<verse/>Fast by the oracle of God,</seg> <seg>I thence <endVerse/>
<verse/>Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song,</seg><seg><endVerse/>
<verse/>That with no middle flight intends to soar <endVerse/>
<verse/>Above th' Aonian mount,</seg> <seg>while it pursues <endVerse/>
<verse/>Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.</seg></s><endVerse/>
<verse/><s><seg>And chiefly thou,</seg> <seg>O Spirit,</seg> <seg>that
dost
prefer <endVerse/>
<verse/>Before all temples th' upright heart and
pure,</seg><seg><endVerse/>
<verse/>Instruct me,</seg> <seg>for Thou know'st;</seg> <seg>Thou from
the
first <endVerse/>
<verse/>Wast present,</seg> <seg>and,</seg> <seg>with mighty wings
outspread, </seg><seg><endVerse/>
<verse/>Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast Abyss,
</seg><seg><endVerse/>
<verse/>And mad'st it pregnant:</seg> <seg>what in me is dark
<endVerse/>
<verse/>Illumine,</seg> <seg>what is low raise and
support;</seg><seg><endVerse/>
<verse/>That,</seg> <seg>to the height of this great
argument,</seg><seg><endVerse/>
<verse/>I may assert Eternal Providence,</seg><seg><endVerse/>
<verse/>And justify the ways of God to men.</seg></s><endVerse/>
</quote>

</x>



gets transformed to


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><x>

<quote>
<verse>No! penury, inertness and grimace,</verse>
<verse>In some strange sort, were the land's portion. <q>See</q></verse>
<verse><q>Or shut your eyes,</q> said Nature peevishly,</verse>
<verse><q>It nothing skills: I cannot help my case:</q></verse>
<verse><q>'Tis the Last Judgment's fire must cure this
place,</q></verse>
<verse><q>Calcine its clods and set my prisoners free.</q></verse>
</quote>

<quote>
<verse><s><seg>Of Man's first disobedience,</seg> <seg>and the
fruit</seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste
</seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>Brought death into the World,</seg> <seg>and all our
woe,</seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>With loss of Eden,</seg> <seg>till one greater Man
</seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>Restore us,</seg> <seg>and regain the blissful
seat,</seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>Sing,</seg> <seg>Heavenly Muse,</seg> <seg>that,</seg>
<seg>on
the secret top </seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>Of Oreb,</seg> <seg>or of Sinai,</seg> <seg>didst inspire
</seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>That Shepherd who first taught the chosen seed
</seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>In the beginning how the heavens and earth
</seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>Rose out of Chaos:</seg> <seg>or,</seg> <seg>if Sion hill
</seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>Delight thee more,</seg> <seg>and Siloa's brook that
flowed </seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>Fast by the oracle of God,</seg> <seg>I thence
</seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>Invoke thy aid to my adventurous
song,</seg><seg></seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>That with no middle flight intends to soar
</seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>Above th' Aonian mount,</seg> <seg>while it pursues
</seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>Things unattempted yet in prose or
rhyme.</seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>And chiefly thou,</seg> <seg>O Spirit,</seg> <seg>that
dost
prefer </seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>Before all temples th' upright heart and
pure,</seg><seg></seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>Instruct me,</seg> <seg>for Thou know'st;</seg> <seg>Thou
from the
first </seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>Wast present,</seg> <seg>and,</seg> <seg>with mighty
wings
outspread, </seg><seg></seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast Abyss,
</seg><seg></seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>And mad'st it pregnant:</seg> <seg>what in me is dark
</seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>Illumine,</seg> <seg>what is low raise and
support;</seg><seg></seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>That,</seg> <seg>to the height of this great
argument,</seg><seg></seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>I may assert Eternal
Providence,</seg><seg></seg></s></verse>
<verse><s><seg>And justify the ways of God to men.</seg></s></verse>
</quote>

</x>




by



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                version="1.0">

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<xsl:copy>
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<xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&lt;/verse></xsl:text>
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</xsl:stylesheet>

David

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