Echoes from an Iron Harp
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Echoes from an Iron Harp is a collection of poems by Robert E. Howard
. It was published in 1972
by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,079 copies. Two of the poems previously appeared in Fire and Sleet and Candlelight
, edited by August Derleth
.
Robert E. Howard
Robert Ervin Howard was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. Best known for his character Conan the Barbarian, he is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre....
. It was published in 1972
1972 in literature
The year 1972 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Fiction:*Richard Adams - Watership Down*Jorge Amado - Teresa Batista Cansada da Guerra *Martin Amis - The Rachel Papers...
by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,079 copies. Two of the poems previously appeared in Fire and Sleet and Candlelight
Fire and Sleet and Candlelight
Fire and Sleet and Candlelight was a poetry anthology edited by August Derleth, and published in 1961 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,026 copies. The title was suggested to Derleth by Lin Carter and is taken from the Lyke-Wake Dirge...
, edited by August Derleth
August Derleth
August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...
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Contents
- Introduction, by Glenn Lord
- "Age Comes to Rabelais"
- "Belshazzar"
- "But The Hills Were Ancient Then"
- "Cimmeria"
- "A Dawn in Flanders"
- "The Day That I Die"
- "Dreams of Nineveh"
- "The Dust Dance"
- "The Dweller in Dark Valley"
- "Earth–born"
- "Fables for Little Folk"
- "'Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gealach Buidhe Mar Or'"
- "Futility"
- "Heritage"
- "Illusion"
- "John Ringold"
- "Kid Lavigne is Dead"
- "The Kissing of Sal Snooboo"
- "A Lady's Chamber"
- "The Last Day"
- "Lost Altars"
- "Memories"
- "A Moment"
- "Moonlight on a Skull"
- "Not Only in Death They Die"
- "Private Magrath of the A.E.F."
- "Reuben's Brethren"
- "Roundelay of the Roughneck"
- "The Sands of Time"
- "The Sea"
- "The Skull in the Clouds"
- "Skulls and Dust"
- "Skulls Over Judah"
- "Slumber"
- "A Song of Defeat"
- "The Song of Horsals Galley"
- "A Song of the Legions"
- "A Song for Men That Laugh"
- "A Sonnet of Good Cheer"
- "Sonora to Del Rio"
- "Surrender"
- "Tarantella"
- "Thor's Son"
- "Timur–Lang"
- "To Certain Orthodox Brethren"
- "A Vision"
- "A Warning"
- "Where Are Your Knights, Donn Othna"
- "Who is Grandpa Theobald?"
- "The Years Are as a Knife"
- "Headings"