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Timur-Lang

Robert E. Howard

First published 1964
Type Poem

Taken from a letter to Harold Preece, ca. October or early November 1930 ("Well Harold, I'm sorry to hear...").
First published in The Howard Collector #5, Summer 1964.
Lines 3, 4 and 6 are identical to lines 3, 4 and 10 of Howard's poem "The Sign of the Sickle".
This poem also appears on p. 34 of The Dark Barbarian, ed. Don Herron and p. 62 of Two-Gun Bob: A Centennial Study of Robert E. Howard by Benjamin Szumskyj.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1964 Cover The Howard Collector, #5 Summer 1964 Glenn Lord FANZINE 30
1972 Cover Echoes from an Iron Harp Donald M. Grant Collection 91
April 2005 Cover Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Tales of the Old Orient Bison Books Collection 165
April 2005 Cover Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Tales of the Old Orient Bison Books Collection 165
October 2007 Cover The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Two: 1930-1932 The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Nonfiction 110
December 2007 Cover The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: Grim Lands Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 117
January 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 5
April 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 5
August 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 5
November 2009 Cover Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems Frank Coffman Collection 241
November 2009 Cover Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems Frank Coffman Collection 241
January 2011 Cover Sword Woman and Other Historical Adventures Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 329
February 2011 Cover Sword Woman and Other Historical Adventures Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 329
November 2018 Cover Die Schwertkämpferin und andere historische Erzählungen Festa Collection 201
June 2020 Cover The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter, Spring 2020 The Robert E. Howard Foundation FANZINE 26