typoscript - more than one line in value

#-this doesnt work
#-several lines as value in constant
#------------------------

# typoscript constants
constant.imprint(
 <a href="someurl">imprint</a><br>
 <p> some short text </p>
)

# typoscript setup
temp.imprint = TEXT
temp.imprint.value = {$constant.imprint}
#other code
marks{
 IMPRINT < temp.imprint
}

#-this works
#-same thing without using constants
#------------------------

# typoscript setup
temp.imprint = TEXT
temp.imprint.value(
 <a href="someurl">imprint</a><br>
 <p> some short text </p>
)

#other code,m yada yada
marks{
 IMPRINT < temp.imprint
}


#-solution
#-with the constant setup
temp.imprint = TEXT
temp.imprint.value(
  {$constant.imprint}
)