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Now Are the Stars Upbraiding

Alternate title:Untitled (“A beggar, singing without”)
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Category
Darker Moods
Part ofSongs of BastardsSectionPoetry for Friends

Opening lines

Now are the stars upbraiding!Strange and futile and fading —This is a moon-mazed world!Ere ever the stars were raiding

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Embedded verse in Songs of BastardsNow Are the Stars Upbraiding
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the Beggarunnamed beggar whose offstage song closes “Songs of Bastards”1 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↗