Echoes from an Iron Harp

Introduction

Notes

Edition and production details

62 linked Howard works

• A Dawn in Flandersverse
• A Lady's Chamberverse
• A Momentverse
• A Song for Men That Laughverse
• A Song of Defeatverse
• A Song of the Legionsverse
• A Sonnet of Good Cheerverse
• A Visionverse
• A Warning (complete verse)verse
• Age Comes to Rabelaisverse
• Belshazzarverse
• But The Hills Were Ancient Thenverse
• Cimmeriaverse
• Death's Black Ridersverse
• Dreams of Ninevehverse
• Earth-Bornverse
• Fables forLittle Folksverse
• Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gealach Buidhe Mar Orverse
• Futility (2, "Time races on . . .")verse
• Heritage (1, "My people came . . .")verse
• Illusionverse
• John Ringoldverse
• Kellythe Conjure-Manverse
• Kid LavigneIs Deadverse
• Lost Altarsverse
• Memories (1,"I rose . . .")verse
• Moonlight on a Skullverse
• Not Only In Death They Dieverse
• Private Magrath of the A.E.F.verse
• Reuben's Brethrenverse
• Roundelay of the Roughneckverse
• Skulls and Dustverse
• Skulls over Judahverse
• Slumberverse
• Something About Eveverse
• Sonora to Del Rioverse
• Surrender (1, "I will rise . . .")verse
• Tarentellaverse
• The Black Stoneverse
• The Blood of Belshazzarverse
• The Day That I Dieverse
• The Dust Dance (1, "For I, with the . . .")verse
• The Dust Dance (2, "The sin and jest of the times am I")verse
• The Dweller in Dark Valleyverse
• The Fearsome Touch of Deathverse
• The Grey God Passesverse
• The Hour of the Dragonverse
• The Kissing of Sal Snoobooverse
• The Last Dayverse
• The Lion of Tiberiasverse
• The Sands of Timeverse
• The Seaverse
• The Skull in the Cloudsverse
• The Song of Horsa's Galleyverse
• The Sowers of the Thunderverse
• The Thing on the Roofverse
• The Years Are As a Knifeverse
• Thor's Sonverse
• Timur-Langverse
• To Certain Orthodox Brethrenverse
• Where Are Your Knights, Donn Othna?verse
• Who Is Grandpa Theobold?verse

138 contents entries

1. "Introduction" by Glenn Lord
2. Age Comes to Rabelais • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 2 · artwork
3. "Age Comes to Rabelais" (poem)
4. Introduction (Echoes from an Iron Harp) • essay by Glenn Lord 9 · introduction
5. "Belshazzar" (poem)
6. Age Comes to Rabelais • (1966) • poem by Robert E. Howard 13 · poem
7. "But the Hills Were Ancient Then" (poem)
8. Belshazzar • (1964) • poem by Robert E. Howard 14 · poem
9. "Cimmeria" (poem)
10. Belshazzar • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 15 · artwork
11. "A Dawn in Flanders" (poem)
12. But the Hills Were Ancient Then • (1959) • poem by Robert E. Howard 17 · poem
13. "The Day That I Die" (poem)
14. Cimmeria • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard 18 · poem
15. "Dreams of Nineveh" (poem)
16. A Dawn in Flanders • (1964) • poem by Robert E. Howard 19 · poem
17. "The Dust Dance" (1, poem)
18. The Day That I Die • (1967) • poem by Robert E. Howard 20 · poem
19. "The Dweller in the Dark Valley" (poem)
20. Dreams of Ninevah • (1959) • poem by Robert E. Howard 22 · poem
21. "Earth-born" (poem)
22. Dreams of Ninevah • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 23 · artwork
23. "Fables For Little Folk" (poem)
24. The Dust Dance (1, "For I, with the shape of my kin...") • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Dust Dance ("For I, with the shape of my kin...")) 25 · poem
25. "Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gealach Buidhe Mar Or" (poem)
26. The Dust Dance ("The sin and jest of the times am I...") • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard 28 · poem
27. "Futility" (2, poem)
28. The Dweller in Dark Valley • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard 31 · poem
29. "Heritage" (1, poem)
30. Earth-Born • (1961) • poem by Robert E. Howard 32 · poem
31. "Illusion" (poem)
32. Earth-Born • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 33 · artwork
33. "John Ringold" (poem)
34. Fables for Little Folks • (1926) • poem by Robert E. Howard 35 · poem
35. "Kid Lavigne is Dead" (poem)
36. "Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gaelach Buidhe Mar Or" • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard 36 · poem
37. "The Kissing of Sal Snooboo" (poem)
38. "Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gealach Buidhe Mar Or" • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 37 · artwork
39. "A Lady's Chamber" (poem)
40. Futility ("Time races on and none can stay the tread...") • (1926) • poem by Robert E. Howard 40 · poem
41. "The Last Day" (poem)
42. Heritage ("My people came from Munster and rugged Nevis-side...") • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard 41 · poem
43. "Lost Altars" (poem)
44. Illusion • (1926) • poem by Robert E. Howard 43 · poem
45. "Memories" (1, poem)
46. John Ringold • (1964) • poem by Robert E. Howard 44 · poem
47. "A Moment" (poem)
48. Kid Lavigne Is Dead • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard 45 · poem
49. "Moonlight on a Skull" (poem)
50. The Kissing of Sal Snooboo • (1925) • poem by Robert E. Howard 46 · poem
51. "Not Only in Death They Die" (poem)
52. A Lady's Chamber • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 48 · artwork
53. "Private Magrath of the A.E.F." (poem)
54. A Lady's Chamber • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard 49 · poem
55. "Reuben's Brethren" (poem)
56. The Last Day • (1932) • poem by Robert E. Howard 50 · poem
57. "Roundelay of the Roughneck" (poem)
58. Lost Altars • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard 51 · poem
59. "The Sands of Time" (poem)
60. Memories ("I rose in the path of a hurtling dawn...") • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard 52 · poem
61. "The Sea" (poem)
62. A Moment • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard 54 · poem
63. "The Skull in the Clouds" (poem)
64. Moonlight on a Skull • (1933) • poem by Robert E. Howard 55 · poem
65. "Skulls and Dust" (poem)
66. Not Only in Death They Die • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard 56 · poem
67. "Skulls over Judah" (poem)
68. Private Magrath of the A. E. F. • (1927) • poem by Robert E. Howard 57 · poem
69. "Slumber" (poem)
70. Reuben's Brethren • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 60 · artwork
71. "A Song of Defeat" (poem)
72. Reuben's Brethren • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard 61 · poem
73. "The Song of Horsa's Galley" (poem)
74. Roundelay of the Roughneck • (1926) • poem by Robert E. Howard 62 · poem
75. "A Song of the Legions" (poem)
76. The Sands of Time • (1961) • poem by Robert E. Howard 65 · poem
77. "A Song for Men That Laugh" (poem)
78. The Sea • (1923) • poem by Robert E. Howard 66 · poem
79. "A Sonnet of Good Cheer" (poem)
80. The Skull in the Clouds • (1962) • poem by Robert E. Howard 68 · poem
81. "Sonora to Del Rio" (poem)
82. Skulls and Dust • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard 71 · poem
83. "Surrender" (1, poem)
84. Skulls over Judah • (1967) • poem by Robert E. Howard 72 · poem
85. "Tarantella" (poem)
86. Slumber • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 74 · artwork
87. "Thor's Son" (poem)
88. Slumber • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard 75 · poem
89. "Timur-Lang" (poem)
90. A Song of Defeat • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard 76 · poem
91. "To Certain Orthodox Brethren" (poem)
92. The Song of Horsa's Galley • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard 77 · poem
93. "A Vision" (poem)
94. A Song of the Legions • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard 78 · poem
95. "A Warning" (poem, complete version)
96. A Song of the Legions • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 79 · artwork
97. "Where Are Your Knights, Donn Othna" (poem)
98. A Song for Men That Laugh • (1967) • poem by Robert E. Howard 82 · poem
99. "Who Is Grandpa Theobold?" (poem)
100. A Sonnet of Good Cheer • (1967) • poem by Robert E. Howard 83 · poem
101. "The Years Are as a Knife" (poem)
102. Sonora to Del Rio • (1961) • poem by Robert E. Howard 84 · poem
103. Verse Headings
104. Surrender ("I will rise someday when the day is done...") • (1962) • poem by Robert E. Howard 85 · poem
105. "The Black Stone"
106. Tarantella • (1926) • poem by Robert E. Howard 87 · poem
107. "The Blood of Belshazzar"
108. Thor's Son • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard 89 · poem
109. "Death's Black Riders"
110. Timur-Lang • (1964) • poem by Robert E. Howard 91 · poem
111. "The Fearsome Touch of Death"
112. Timur Lang • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 92 · artwork
113. "The Grey God Passes"
114. To Certain Orthodox Brethren • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard 94 · poem
115. "The Hour of the Dragon"
116. A Vision • (1967) • poem by Robert E. Howard 95 · poem
117. "Kelly the Conjure-Man"
118. A Warning ("I come in the wail of the broken skies ... ") • poem by Robert E. Howard 96 · poem
119. "The Lion of Tiberias"
120. Where Are Your Knights, Donn Othna? • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard 98 · poem
121. "Something About Eve"
122. Who Is Grandpa Theobold? • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard 100 · poem
123. "The Sowers of the Thunder"
124. The Years Are as a Knife • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard 101 · poem
125. "The Thing on the Roof"
126. The Black Stone • (1956) • poem by Robert E. Howard 103 · poem
127. The Blood of Belshazzar • poem by Robert E. Howard 103 · poem
128. Death's Black Riders • poem by Robert E. Howard 104 · poem
129. The Fearsome Touch of Death • poem by Robert E. Howard 104 · poem
130. The Grey God Passes • poem by Robert E. Howard 105 · poem
131. Conn's Saga • poem by Robert E. Howard 105 · poem
132. The Hour of the Dragon • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard 105 · poem
133. Kelly the Conjure-Man • poem by Robert E. Howard 106 · poem
134. The Lion of Tiberias • poem by Robert E. Howard 106 · poem
135. Something about Eve • poem by Robert E. Howard 106 · poem
136. The Lion of Tiberias • interior artwork by Alicia Austin 107 · artwork
137. The Sowers of the Thunder • poem by Robert E. Howard 109 · poem
138. The Thing on the Roof • poem by Robert E. Howard 109 · poem

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Alicia Austin

Cover artist, Illustrator

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