Habakkuk identifies himself as a prophet in the opening verse.

The opening verse as published by the Jubilee Singers in 1872:

The opening verse, as recorded by Lockwood, is:

The opening verse of John is translated as " the Word was with God and the Word was God " in all orthodox and historical Bibles.

The opening verse of the Guru Granth Sahib, known as the Mul Mantra, signifies this:

Haiku is a popular form of unrhymed Japanese poetry, which evolved in the 17th century from the hokku, or opening verse of a renku.

The name of the book (" The Song of Songs of Solomon ") comes from a superscription: " The song of songs, which is Solomon's " ( which also constitutes the opening verse of the book ).

Newly created haikai no renga ( of whose hokku, or opening verse, haiku was a late 19th-century revision ) was the favored genre.

Similar treatment applies to the Gradual verse, which is normally attached to the opening Alleluia to form a single item.

He toyed with the idea of composing a patriotic epic in blank verse called Brutus, but only the opening lines survive.

As Lennon and McCartney were known to do at the time, a substitute working lyric, titled " Scrambled Eggs " ( the working opening verse was " Scrambled Eggs / Oh, my baby how I love your legs "), was used for the song until something more suitable was written.

Unlike the studio version – which winds down after the instrumental break with a plaintive rendition of the third verse, accompanied by a banjo – in live performances the opening verses of " Bluebird " served as a springboard for an extended jam session, during which Stills, Young and Furay intertwined guitars for minutes on end.

His incarceration prevented him from featuring heavily on the group's debut album Enter the Wu-Tang ( 36 Chambers ), his input on the seminal LP consisting of only a short bridge on the group's debut single " Protect Ya Neck " as well as the now-famous opening verse of " Da Mystery of Chessboxin '".

Riley concludes that the song " becomes a tour of Paul's vocal range: from the graceful inviting tones of the opening verse, through the mounting excitement of the song itself, to the surging raves of the coda.

The two were friends and Pushkin modified Krylov's description of ' an ass of most honest principles ' ( The Ass and the Peasant ) to provide the opening of his romantic novel in verse, Evgenii Onegin.

Commenting on the poem, Maurice Bowra observed that "... after the challenging, flaunting opening we are led through a swift account of youth, and then as we approach the horrors of old age, the verse becomes slower, the sentences shorter, the stops more emphatic, until the poet closes with a short, damning line of summary.

In Hyperion, the quality of Keats ' blank verse reached new heights, particularly in the opening scene between Thea and the fallen Saturn:

For example, in the opening conversation of the play, speculating as to how Talbot could have been taken prisoner, Exeter exclaims " shall we think the subtle-witted French / Conjurers and sorcerers, that, afraid of him ,/ By magic verse have contrived his end " ( 1. 1. 25-27 ).

The opening two verses are presented in G-flat major, the solos and the fourth verse in B-flat minor ( the key in which the recitative was originally stated ), and the duet in A-flat major.

* Robert Hunter wrote the opening verse about Joe Hill for the song " Down the Road " which he wrote for Mickey Hart's Mystery Box.

Of particular interest to Lambarians is the opening verse of the original version of The Old Familiar Faces which is concerned with Lamb's mother.

As the opening verse of the song beamed out of the nation's television sets, the unknowing lead singer Julianne Regan remained silent on a stool on stage while Tim Bricheno ( the only other band member present ) did not play his guitar.

The Kazuma opening plays the first verse of " Reckless Fire ", the Ryuho opening plays the second verse, and the third opening plays the third verse.

The finished version of the film was significantly different from the original screenplay drafts as Bruce Lee revised much of the script himself, including having written and directed the film's opening Shaolin Monastery fight sequence.

In the trial's opening statements on September 25, Gotti's defense attorney Bruce Cutler denied the existence of the Gambino Crime Family and framed the government's entire effort as a personal vendetta.

Hung was the Shaolin student Bruce faces in the opening sequence.

Mahwah, and the closure of the Ford plant, is mentioned in the opening line of the 1982 Bruce Springsteen song " Johnny 99 ".

Bruce lifted the two lines of the above lyric from the opening voice-over by Gregory Peck in the 1945 movie ' Valley of Decision ' set in a Pennsylvania steel town http :// en. wikipedia. org / wiki / The_Valley_of_Decision

The soundtrack featured many artists from the 1980s, including Tears for Fears ( whose song " Everybody Wants to Rule the World " was heard over the opening credits of the film ), Eric Clapton, The Pretenders, and Bruce Springsteen.

Though Freed's spot was briefly occupied by Bruce Morrow, who later became known as Cousin Brucie on WABC, Murray soon was moved into the 7-11PM time period and remained there for the next seven years, always opening his show with Sinatra and making radio history with his innovative segues, jingles, sound effects, antics, and frenetic, creative programming.

Together with Bruce Edgar of Wellington, he formed what was arguably New Zealand's most successful and reliable opening partnership.

After returning to New York in 1900, he worked for a few years in the office of Bruce Price before opening his own practice.

Keyboardist Bruce McCabe joined The Big Bang in 1995 after Lang and this young band from Fargo impressed him with their set opening for McCabe's band at the time, The Hoopsnakes.

* March 7-John Hancock Center official opening ceremony, by Bruce Graham / SOM, in Chicago, Illinois.

In 1986, Bruce Hornsby borrowed the opening phrase of " The Alcotts " movement as the introduction to his hit " Every Little Kiss " ( as heard on the album The Way It Is ).

First, during the opening ident, " Mister Ed "- type noises are added by Bruce Willis.

It was not known at the time, but the stadium's last event was The Grateful Dead's concert on July 7, 1989, with Bruce Hornsby & The Range as their opening act.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played two shows at The Spectrum on April 28 and 29 as part of their Working on a Dream Tour, and returned on October 13 – 14 and 19 – 20 for their Spectrum swan song, followed by Pearl Jam on October 27, 28, 30 and 31 to close the building ; their opening acts included Social Distortion on the 27th and 28th and Bad Religion on the 30th and 31st.

Bruce Moore of Orange County presented to the court a receipt in his opening statements which he called the “ Receipt for Murder ”.

* Although he does not appear in The Incredible Hulk, Rick's name is briefly shown on a list of Bruce Banner's known associates during the film's opening credits.

Notable live gigs included opening for Frank Zappa at Austin's Armadillo World Headquarters in 1973 and for Bruce Springsteen at the Shady Grove Music Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in October 1974.

Manager Lenny Bruce brought Romney to California in 1962 where Romney did a live recording of Hugh Romney, Third Stream Humor as the opening act for Thelonious Monk at Club Renaissance in Los Angeles.

* Bruce Murray, former Black Caps opening batsman

The song " Coma Girl " was performed as the opening track at Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's performance at the Glastonbury Festival on 27 June 2009.

The instrumental opening to " The Way It Is " performed by Bruce Hornsby and the Range, over which Hannity begins speaking.

The opening few laps were eventful-Jack Brabham spun in front of Bruce McLaren and Jo Siffert who collided taking avoiding action, whilst Jim Clark had to take to the escape road.

Bruce Pandolfini notes that Black's opening is thus sometimes described as " the five pawns gambit ".