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Which Will Scarcely Be Understood

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Small poets sing of little, foolish things,As more befitting to a shallow brainThat dreams not of the pre-Atlantean kings,Nor launches on that dark uncharted Main

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Publication appearances

Weird Tales 1937 OctoberPopular Fiction Publishing CompanyOctober 1937↗Skull-Face and OthersArkham House1946↗Always Comes Evening (Arkham)Arkham House1957↗Skull-Face OmnibusNeville Spearman1974↗Rhymes of DeathDennis McHaneyJuly 1975↗The Second Book of Robert E. HowardZebraMay 1976↗The Second Book of Robert E. HowardBerkleyMarch 1980↗The Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard Volume 2Girasol CollectablesMarch 2006↗Grim Lands: The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 2Ballantine Books - Del Rey2007↗The Collected Poetry of Robert E. HowardREH Foundation PressJanuary 2009↗The Book of The Howard ReviewDennis McHaneyJune 2009 (Proof edition) | December 2010↗Halloween at the Dog and DuckDennis McHaneyOctober 2009↗Black Hounds of Death: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Volume 9Wildside PressDecember 2009↗The Horror Stories of Robert E. HowardSubterranean Press2010↗The Singer in the Mist & OthersStanza PressMarch 2010↗The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume TwoREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗