Make it like <p style="position:absolute; width:YourWidth; height:YourHeigth">YourText</p>
OR
<div style="position:absolute; width:YourWidth; height:YourHeigth">YourText</div>
OR
<div style="position:absolute; width:YourWidth; height:YourHeigth"><p>YourText</p></div>
In either of case; YourWidth should be following the % or px without ne gaps b/w the value and the unit.
Later you can set other css properties; like make the div/paragraph scrollable (if required).
