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Not Only in Death They Die

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The old man leaned on his rusty spade;Down his gnarled arms the slow sweat ran.I came through the moon and the black moon shade:“Dig me a grave, old man.”

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the death-eyed visitorvisitor whose eyes reveal Death1 textual statethe old gravediggerold man ordered to dig the grave1 textual state

Publication appearances

Magazine of Horror #28Health Knowledge, Inc.July 1969↗Echoes from an Iron HarpDonald M. Grant1972↗The Collected Poetry of Robert E. HowardREH Foundation PressJanuary 2009↗The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume TwoREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗