The Return of the Sea-Farer

First published	May 1978
Type	Poem

Notes

First published in Weirdbook #13, W. Paul Ganley, 1978.
A nearly identical draft appeared in a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. April 1930 ("Salaam: / Well, Fear Finn, I believe in days gone yore...") as an untitled poem.
Another draft contains significant differences in stanzas 2 and 3; the variant stanzas are given in The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard, Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, p. 690.

Publications (13)

Date	Publication	Publisher	Type	Page
May 1978	Weirdbook 13	W. Paul Ganley	MAGAZINE	49
May 1978	Weirdbook 13	W. Paul Ganley	MAGAZINE	49
September 1988	The Return of the Seafarer	Thomas Kovacs	Chapbook	2
January 1999	The "New" Howard Reader (second state), #4 January 1999	Joe & Mona Marek	FANZINE	1
January 1999	The "New" Howard Reader, #4 January 1999	Joe & Mona Marek	FANZINE	1
January 2009	The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard	The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press	Collection	64
February 2009	A Word from the Outer Dark	Project Pride	Collection	32
February 2009	A Word from the Outer Dark	Project Pride	Collection	32
April 2009	The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard	The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press	Collection	64
August 2009	The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard	The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press	Collection	64
November 2009	Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems	Frank Coffman	Collection	458
November 2009	Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems	Frank Coffman	Collection	458
December 2014	Swords of the North	The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press	Collection	517