Notes
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.
External Links
Publications (48)
| 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 écarlate | 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 |
| November 1988 | La citadelle écarlate | Presses Pocket | Anthology | 293 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| May 2006 | The Complete Chronicles of Conan: Centenary Edition | Gollancz / Orion / SFBC | Collection | 21 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |