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The Sands of Time

Robert E. Howard

First published 1961
Type Poem

First published in Fire and Sleet and Candlelight, ed. August Derleth, Arkham House.
Taken from a Howard letter to Harold Preece, postmarked November 24, 1930 ("I hope you'll pardon my negligence in answering..."), where it appeared untitled.
Lines 5-6 & 11-12 appear on p. 47 of The Dark Barbarian, ed. Don Herron.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1961 Cover Fire and Sleet and Candlelight Arkham House Anthology 107
1961 Cover The Howard Collector, #1 Summer 1961 Glenn Lord FANZINE 6
1961 Cover The Howard Collector, #1 Summer 1961 Glenn Lord FANZINE 6
1972 Cover Echoes from an Iron Harp Donald M. Grant Collection 65
1973 Fire and Sleet and Candlelight Books for Libraries Press Anthology 107
October 1989 Cover Robert E. Howard: Selected Letters 1923-1930 Necronomicon Press Nonfiction 74
February 2006 Cover West Is West & Others Rob Roehm and Alex Runions Collection 176
February 2006 Cover West Is West & Others Rob Roehm and Alex Runions Collection 176
2007 Cover Winds of Time Thomas Kovacs Collection 29
2007 Cover Winds of Time Thomas Kovacs Collection 29
April 2007 Cover West Is West & Others Roehm's Room Press Collection 176
April 2007 Cover West Is West & Others Roehm's Room Press Collection 176
October 2007 Cover The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Two: 1930-1932 The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Nonfiction 113
January 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 376
April 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 376
August 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 376
November 2009 Cover Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems Frank Coffman Collection 224
November 2009 Cover Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems Frank Coffman Collection 224