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diff --git a/lib/Mojo/Template.pm b/lib/Mojo/Template.pm
index ed84f8b..168900e 100644
--- a/lib/Mojo/Template.pm
+++ b/lib/Mojo/Template.pm
@@ -226,6 +226,13 @@ sub parse {
     push @$tree, \@token;
   }
 
+  # Optimize successive text lines
+  my $i = 0;
+  while ((my $current = $tree->[$i]) && (my $next = $tree->[$i + 1])) {
+    ++$i and next if grep { @$_ != 2 || $_->[0] ne 'text' } $current, $next;
+    splice @$tree, $i, 2, ['text', $current->[1] . $next->[1]];
+  }
+
   return $self;
 }