Possible Clues:

• Lines originally spoken by 50% of Africans
• The end of Weissmuller left Tarzans floundering with lines
• Verse from Pakistan, Zaire, etc
• A verse in poetry
• Laurel an unknown originally apostrophised in verse
• One of 18 in "The Raven"
• Almost tolerate the last letter -- with a bit of poetry
• Good man with WW1 soldier cut down behind lines
• Stanley goes down in Africa for lines of communication perhaps
• Inning, in sports lingo