MSBuild: Selecting first and last items in an ItemGroup

Items.targets

<Project DefaultTargets="Default">

  <ItemGroup>
    <Items Include="One;Two;Three;Four;Five" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <Target Name="Default">
    <ItemGroup>
      <Reversed Include="@(Items->Reverse())" />
    </ItemGroup>

    <PropertyGroup>
      <First>%(Reversed.Identity)</First>
      <Last>%(Items.Identity)</Last>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <Warning Text="First: $(First)" />
    <Warning Text="Last:  $(Last)" />
  </Target>

</Project>