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A Toast

Alternate title:Untitled (“The tall man rose and said:”)

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“I drink to all who live and die,“To tribes unborn and races gone.“But triply to those men drink I“Tho dying, still live on and on.”

Textual states

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Letter-preserved textA Toast

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Characters in this Work

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Satansupernatural figure invoked by comparison in The Last Man.1 textual state the dark manthird unnamed host figure, described as the dark man, in “Mealtime Invitation”1 textual state the small blond manindividual second speaker in A Toast1 textual state the tall blond mansecond unnamed host figure, described as tall and blond, in “Mealtime Invitation”1 textual state the tall manfirst unnamed host figure, described as the tall man, in “Mealtime Invitation”1 textual state the younger manindividual fourth speaker in A Toast1 textual state ThorNorse deity repeatedly invoked by Viking and Saxon characters1 textual state

Publication appearances

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. HowardREH Foundation PressJanuary 2009↗

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume ThreeREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗