Temperance Lecturer
Drink to me only with thine eyes
While I get drunk and moralize.
Culinary
I struck the board and cried, "No more;
I've et yer possum stew before!"
P.S.: These are both first lines, but I have to go with Jerry's interpretation. First line is not specified, and we have the example(s) of Julie herself. While one <u>could</u> argue that each of Khayyam's quatrains is an individual poem, "By the shores of Gitchee Gumee" comes well into the third chapter of "Song of Hiawatha."
[This message has been edited by Jan D. Hodge (edited January 14, 2004).]