The Tempter

First published in The Cross Plains Review, June 18, 1937.
Also published there July 6, 1990.
Parts of this poem have been published in Dallas Morning News, February 24, 1980 (lines 31-40); Southwest Airlines Magazine, November 1980 (lines 31-40); The Miscast Barbarian by L. Sprague de Camp, Gerry de la Ree (lines 3-4, 12, 16-20 & 24-25 on p. 20); Lovecraft: A Biograpy by L. Sprague de Camp (lines 17-20 on p. 419); Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers by L. Sprague de Camp, Arkham House (lines 17-20 & 24-25, on p. 154); Dark Valley Destiny by L. Sprague de Camp, Bluejay (lines 17-20 on p. 241, lines 11-20 on p. 327 and lines 31-40 on p. 345); and The Dark Barbarian, ed. Don Herron (lines 35-36 & 40 on p. 49).