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The Cats of Anubis

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Category
Fantastical
SectionNo Known Drafts

Opening lines

The stars come blinking in a dusky sky,Like yellow eyes of vast Bubastes catsAnd dim and shadowy the restless batsAgainst the creeping twilight wheel and fly.

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Bastancient deity invoked in the legend of the temple1 textual statethe Cat of Anubissingular undying fiend named at the close1 textual state

Publication appearances

Night ImagesThe Morning Star Press1976↗The Collected Poetry of Robert E. HowardREH Foundation PressJanuary 2009↗The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume TwoREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗