JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="container">
<p>This is a lot of text. A really large amount of text, even. So much text here. And it just keeps going, oh my. Wow - so much text.</p>
</div>

<div class="container">
<p>Here's one line.</p>
</div>

CSS

.container {
    width: 160px;
    margin: 80px auto;
    padding: 5px;
    height: 60px;
    max-height: 60px;
    border: 1px solid black;
    display: table;
}

.container p {
    height: 60px;
    max-height: 60px;
    display: table-cell;
    vertical-align: middle;
    text-align: center;
}