REH’s Writings

PoemPermanent catalogue Work

The Tempter

2textual states3Characters

Opening lines

Something tapped me on the shoulder,Something whispered, “Come with me.“Leave the world of men behind you,“Come where care may never find you,

Textual states

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Titled draftThe Tempter

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A portion of an earlier draftThe Tempter

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Surviving manuscript evidence — exact textual state unresolved

The physical evidence below is securely associated with this Work, but the surviving source does not yet establish which exact catalogued Textual Version it represents. The evidence is therefore preserved at Work level rather than guessed. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.

Isaac M. Howard intermediary Xerox (IMH1)Other physical witness

Extent2 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Textual-state mapping: Exact textual state unresolved

Physical extent: Two catalogued Xerox units, IMH1 pages 1–2

TSS: 26218, 15774

Xerox evidence for The Tempter associated with an Isaac M. Howard intermediary copy/letter. The retained evidence does not identify the copied sheet as a specific Robert E. Howard authorial typescript and does not distinguish the permanent Poetry textual states.

Source: Glenn Lord TSS catalogue/inventory; Isaac M. Howard correspondence.

Characters in this Work

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