Converting paragraph breaks to newlines in a .layout file

[Jack M. Lyon]

Esteemed LyXers:

For any particular style in a custom LyX layout file, is there a way to 
have LyX convert paragraph breaks to newlines (\\) when converting the 
text to LaTeX?

For example, in the following style--

        Style Poem
                Category              Poem
                Margin                Static
                LatexType             Environment
                LatexName             verse1
                LeftMargin            MMMMMMMM
                TopSep                1
                BottomSep             1
                ParSkip               0.4
                Align                 Left
                AlignPossible         Block, Left, Right, Center
                LabelType             No_Label
        End

--I need a command that will convert paragraph breaks to newlines in the 
LaTeX text inside the paragraph environment verse1. So the text in LyX 
will look like this (styled as Poem):

        My name is Ozymandias, king of kings.
        Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

And the text in LaTeX will look like this--

        \begin{verse1}
        My name is Ozymandias, king of kings.\\
        Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
        \end{verse1}

--RATHER than this:

        \begin{verse1}
        My name is Ozymandias, king of kings.
        
        Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
        \end{verse1}

I've explored Newline and PassThru, but they don't seem to do what I 
need. Any suggestions?

Or, failing that, is there a way to do the conversion (just for that 
environment) in LaTeX itself, rather than having LyX do it?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Best wishes,
Jack Lyon
The Editorium
http://www.editorium.com
Waking Lion Press
http://www.wakinglionpress.com