for the record, getting what I needed via CSS was WAY simpler than I thought.
I'm not very certain of what it was I did wrong the last time I attempted this a few years back (other than being a n00b with CSS back then), but it was pretty smooth this time around.

Thanks, all!

Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet
All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world
So there was only one thing that I could do
Was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long