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Apologies

Alternate title:Untitled (“Match a toad with a far-winged hawk”)
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Category
Historical and Observational
SectionPoetry for Friends

Opening lines

Match a toad with a far-winged hawk,A scarlet rose with a thistle stalk;A stagnant pond with the white sea-tide —You match the friendship of Bob and Clyde.

Textual states

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Letter-preserved textApologies
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Characters in this Work

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Akbar Alinamed persona to whom “Apologies” is attributed in the source heading; no safe permanent identity is established1 textual stateBobone of the two deceased friends contrasted in “Apologies”; explicitly distinct from the unrelated Bob identities in the catalogue1 textual stateClydeone of the two deceased friends contrasted in “Apologies”; not Tevis Clyde Smith, who did not die before thirty1 textual state

Publication appearances

The Last of the Trunk Och Brev i UrvalParadox Entertainment Inc.September 2007↗The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Three: 1933-1936REH Foundation PressOctober 2008↗The Collected Poetry of Robert E. HowardREH Foundation PressJanuary 2009↗The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume ThreeREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗