They reach the actual stage after Cheryl's opening verse is repeated, and the first chorus.

Nevertheless, this opening verse shows how songs could be changed and adapted as they were passed down in the oral tradition.

Little is known about him except from what he tells us about himself in the opening verses of his book.

Habakkuk identifies himself as a prophet in the opening verse.

The opening verse is typically something along the lines of:

These are the first two lines in Cham's opening verse:

The term hokku continues to be used in its original sense, as the opening verse of a linked poem.

The song's message is immediately delivered in its opening verse: "Slow down, you move too fast".

The opening verse recounts a story taking place at a line for welfare that illustrate a divide between the rich and poor.

Now he began in a low but distinct voice the opening verses of The Rose.