Center single- AND multi-line li text vertically

Question

I have an unordered list with a background-image set. All list-items have the same height, the background-image is positioned left center.

The text of each item should b

Answer 1

li {
    height:200px; 
    line-height:200px;
    border:1px solid red;
}
li span {
    vertical-align:middle; 
    display:inline-block; 
    line-height:1.2;
}


    two
lines

It should work.

EDIT : updated to see changes