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The Outcast

1textual state2Characters
Category
Seeking Adventure and Freedom
SectionYouthful Writings

Opening lines

Forth from the purple and feasts of the palaceOut through the sombre, dim wilds I must fare;The spring of the wilderness now is my chalice,My viands, the spoils of the fawn and the hare.

Textual states

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Characters in this Work

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the Outcasttitular exile hunted by the king1 textual statethe Outcast’s friendfriend of the speaker’s youth1 textual state

Publication appearances

Grim Land and OthersStygian Isle Press1976↗Fantasy Crosswinds #1Stygian Isle PressJanuary 1977↗The Collected Poetry of Robert E. HowardREH Foundation PressJanuary 2009↗The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume TwoREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗