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Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die

Robert E. Howard

First published August 1938
Type Poem

Notes

First published in Weird Tales, August 1938.
Lines 5-10 appear on p. 5 and lines 7-10 appear on p. 244 of Dark Valley Destiny by L. Sprague de Camp, Bluejay.
Line 21 appears on p. 4 and line 5 & 23-24 appear on p. 48 of The Dark Barbarian, ed. Don Herron.

Publications (37)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1938 Cover Weird Tales, August 1938 Popular Fiction Publishing Co. MAGAZINE 196
1946 Cover Skull-Face and Others Arkham House Collection 475
1957 Cover Always Comes Evening: The Collected Poems of Robert E. Howard Arkham House Collection 82
1974 Cover Skull-Face and Others Neville Spearman Collection 475
May 1975 Cover Skull-Face and Others Neville Spearman Collection 475
1976 Cover Skull-Face Omnibus: Volume 3: The Shadow Kingdom and Others Panther Collection 248
May 1976 Cover The Second Book of Robert E. Howard Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. Collection 368
February 1977 Cover The Second Book of Robert E. Howard Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. Collection 368
June 1977 Cover Always Comes Evening Underwood-Miller Collection 49
June 1977 Cover Always Comes Evening Underwood-Miller Collection 49
March 1980 Cover The Second Book of Robert E. Howard Berkley Books Collection 241
December 1981 Cover The Raven, December 1981 Thomas & Denes Kovacs FANZINE 57
March 1987 Cover Chants de guerre et de mort Néo Collection 70
April 1988 Cover Chants de guerre et de mort Néo Collection 64
January 2006 Cover Odes at the Black Dog Paul Herman Collection 16
March 2006 Cover The Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: August 1934-September 1954 Girasol Collectables Collection 499
March 2006 Cover The Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: August 1934-September 1954 Girasol Collectables Collection 499
2007 Cover Winds of Time Thomas Kovacs Collection 103
August 2007 Cover The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: Crimson Shadows Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 469
August 2008 Cover "... and Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree ...": Queen of the Black Coast and Others BlackBart Books Collection 412
August 2008 Cover "... and Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree ...": Queen of the Black Coast and Others BlackBart Books Collection 412
August 2008 Cover "... and Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree ...": Queen of the Black Coast and Others BlackBart Books Collection 412
January 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 401
April 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 401
August 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 401
August 2009 Cover Crimson Shadows: The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume One Subterranean Press Collection 469
August 2009 Cover Crimson Shadows: The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume One Subterranean Press Collection 469
October 2009 Cover Halloween at the Dog and Duck Dennis McHaney Collection 34
November 2009 Cover Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems Frank Coffman Collection 221
November 2009 Cover Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems Frank Coffman Collection 221
2010 Cover A Thunder of Trumpets Wildside Press Collection 44
March 2010 Cover The Singer in the Mist & Others Stanza Press Collection 28
July 2011 Cover A Thunder of Trumpets Wildside Press Collection |05
July 2015 Cover A Thunder of Trumpets Wildside Press Collection |05
August 2015 Cover A Thunder of Trumpets Wildside Press Collection
2018 Cover The Gods of Easter Island and Other Poems Fedogan & Bremer Collection |28
2019 Weird Tales (disc 4, part 2) Anthology 196|43202196