First published in The Howard Collector, Winter 1965.
Taken from a letter to Emil Petaja, December 17, 1934 ("Dear Mr. Petaja: / Thank you very much for the splendid sonnet...").
Echoes from an Iron Harp, The Book of Robert E. Howard and The Complete Conan the Cimmerian all leave off the last 6 lines of the poem.
Also appears in Dark Valley Destiny by L. Sprague de Camp, Bluejay (p. 51-1).
Lines 5-6.5 appear on p. 43 of The Dark Barbarian, ed. Don Herron.
Taken from a letter to Emil Petaja, December 17, 1934 ("Dear Mr. Petaja: / Thank you very much for the splendid sonnet...").
Echoes from an Iron Harp, The Book of Robert E. Howard and The Complete Conan the Cimmerian all leave off the last 6 lines of the poem.
Also appears in Dark Valley Destiny by L. Sprague de Camp, Bluejay (p. 51-1).
Lines 5-6.5 appear on p. 43 of The Dark Barbarian, ed. Don Herron.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 |
|
The Howard Collector, #7 Winter 1965 | Glenn Lord | FANZINE | 17 |
| 1972 |
|
Echoes from an Iron Harp | Donald M. Grant | Collection | 18 |
| February 1976 |
|
The Book of Robert E. Howard | Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. | Collection | 111 |
| October 1978 |
|
The Fourth World Fantasy Program Book | Nonfiction | 32 | |
| June 1979 |
|
La citadelle Ă©carlate | Presses Pocket | Anthology | 294 |
| June 1979 |
|
La citadelle Ă©carlate | Presses Pocket | Anthology | 293 |
| February 1980 |
|
The Book of Robert E. Howard | Berkley Books | Collection | 72 |
| December 1981 |
|
The Raven, December 1981 | Thomas & Denes Kovacs | FANZINE | 51 |
| December 1981 |
|
The Raven, December 1981 | Thomas & Denes Kovacs | FANZINE | 52 |
| March 1987 |
|
Ein Träumer aus Texas: Leben und Werk Robert E. Howards | EDFC | Nonfiction | 177 |
| November 1988 |
|
La citadelle Ă©carlate | Presses Pocket | Anthology | 293 |
| November 1988 |
|
La citadelle Ă©carlate | Presses Pocket | Anthology | 294 |
| June 1998 |
|
The "New" Howard Reader, #1 June 1998 | Joe & Mona Marek | FANZINE | 1 |
| June 1998 |
|
The "New" Howard Reader (second state), #1 June 1998 | Joe & Mona Marek | FANZINE | 1 |
| April 2001 |
|
The Conan Chronicles Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon | Millennium / Victor Gollancz | Collection | 556 |
| 2002 |
|
The Conan Chronicles Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 556 |
| May 2002 |
|
Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933) | Wandering Star | Collection | 1 |
| May 2002 |
|
Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933) | Wandering Star | Collection | 1 |
| May 2002 |
|
Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933) | Wandering Star | Collection | 1 |
| March 2003 |
|
La grande anthologie de la fantasy | Omnibus (France) | Omnibus | 460 |
| September 2003 |
|
Conan: Die Original-Erzählungen aus den Jahren 1932 und 1933 | Heyne | Collection | 33 |
| December 2003 |
|
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 1 |
| 2004 |
|
The Conan Chronicles Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 556 |
| February 2004 |
|
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian | Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC | Collection | 1 |
| November 2005 |
|
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 1 |
| January 2006 |
|
The Complete Chronicles of Conan: Centenary Edition | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 21 |
| March 2006 |
|
Conan: Die Original-Erzählungen aus den Jahren 1932 und 1933 | Heyne | Collection | 33 |
| May 2006 |
|
The Complete Chronicles of Conan: Centenary Edition | Gollancz / Orion / SFBC | Collection | 21 |
| 2007 |
|
Winds of Time | Thomas Kovacs | Collection | 18 |
| 2007 |
|
Winds of Time | Thomas Kovacs | Collection | 17 |
| June 2007 |
|
Rhymes of Texas and the Old West | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | Collection | 4 |
| October 2007 |
|
Conan: Le Cimmérien | Bragelonne | Collection | 23 |
| December 2007 |
|
The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: Grim Lands | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 471 |
| December 2007 |
|
The Cimmerian, December 2007 | Leo Grin | FANZINE | 8 |
| December 2007 |
|
The Cimmerian, December 2007 | Leo Grin | FANZINE | 8 |
| March 2008 |
|
Conan: Le Cimmérien | Bragelonne | Collection | 23 |
| October 2008 |
|
The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Three: 1933-1936 | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | Nonfiction | 261 |
| 2009 |
|
The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter, Fall 2009 | The Robert E. Howard Foundation | FANZINE | 17 |
| January 2009 |
|
The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | Collection | 247 |
| February 2009 |
|
A Word from the Outer Dark | Project Pride | Collection | 2 |
| February 2009 |
|
A Word from the Outer Dark | Project Pride | Collection | 2 |
| April 2009 |
|
The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | Collection | 247 |
| April 2009 |
|
The Complete Chronicles of Conan | Gollancz | Collection | 21 |
| July 2009 |
|
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian | Tantor Audio | Collection | |1 |
| August 2009 |
|
The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press | Collection | 247 |
| November 2009 |
|
Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems | Frank Coffman | Collection | 425 |
| November 2009 |
|
Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems | Frank Coffman | Collection | 425 |
| 2010 |
|
The Frost-Giant's Daughter / The Vale of Lost Women / Cimmeria | Paradox Entertainment | Collection | 23 |
| 2010 |
|
Conan: Le Cimmérien | Bragelonne | Collection | 23 |
| August 2011 |
|
Conan | Milady | Collection | |1 |
| August 2011 |
|
Conan the Barbarian | Gollancz | Collection | 397 |
| August 2011 |
|
Conan the Barbarian | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | |
| December 2011 |
|
Conan the Indomitable | Gollancz | Collection | 387 |
| December 2011 |
|
Conan the Indomitable | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | |
| September 2013 |
|
Conan: Le Cimmérien | Bragelonne | Collection | 23 |
| June 2015 |
|
Conan 1 | Festa | Collection | 31 |
| June 2015 |
|
Conan 1 | Festa | Collection | 31 |
| November 2015 |
|
Conan: Le Cimmérien | Bragelonne | Collection | 23 |
| 2016 |
|
Cimmeria | Bill Cavalier | Collection | 15 |
| 2016 |
|
Cimmeria | Bill Cavalier | Collection | 7 |
| 2016 |
|
Cimmeria | Bill Cavalier | Collection | 9 |
| 2016 |
|
Cimmeria | Bill Cavalier | Collection | 13 |
| 2016 |
|
Cimmeria | Bill Cavalier | Collection | 5 |
| 2016 |
|
Cimmeria | Bill Cavalier | Collection | 17 |
| 2016 |
|
Cimmeria | Bill Cavalier | Collection | 3 |
| April 2016 |
|
The Complete Chronicles of Conan: Centenary Edition | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |
| March 2017 |
|
Conan the Barbarian: Complete Collection | Collection | [2] | |
| June 2017 |
|
Conan: The Barbarian - Collected Adventures | The Castania Group | Collection | 1 |
| December 2017 |
|
Conan, o Bárbaro - Livro 1 | Pipoca e Nanquim | Collection | |
| 2018 |
|
The Gods of Easter Island and Other Poems | Fedogan & Bremer | Collection | |25 |
| February 2021 |
|
The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter, Winter 2020/2021 | The Robert E. Howard Foundation | FANZINE | 22 |
| 2022 |
|
Lost Tales: Sword & Sorcery #4, Inverno 2022 | Letterelettriche | MAGAZINE | |9 |
| February 2023 |
|
Astonishing Fantasy Tales, #1 - Febbraio 2023 | Kraken Edizioni | MAGAZINE | 79 |