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The Last Two to Die

Alternate title:Untitled (“Swords glimmered up the pass”)
1textual state2Characters
Category
Seeking Adventure and Freedom
SectionPoetry for Friends

Opening lines

Swords glimmered up the passFringing the grim dark mass.There was blood on the grass;Red blood

Textual states

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Characters in this Work

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the first last defenderfirst-person member of the final pair making a doomed stand in “The Last Two to Die”1 textual statethe second last defendercompanion directly addressed as “you,” the other member of the final pair in “The Last Two to Die”1 textual state

Publication appearances

The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume One: 1923-1929REH Foundation PressJune 2007↗The Collected Poetry of Robert E. HowardREH Foundation PressJanuary 2009↗The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume ThreeREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗