In Legend Lands - Song of an Old Immortal (Dedicated to Robert E. Howard)

[danielle]

In Legend Lands - Song of an Old Immortal 

(Dedicated to Robert E. Howard)

The River Styx flows whispering;

Its myst’ry-misted song to sing.

Its waters, black as anthracite,

Trailed sensuous tendrils to invite,

Submerged my soul in darkest night—

(My body it left free.)

Ten thousand years I roamed this land;

Imprudently I tasted life.

And countless times I came to stand

And watch dear friends return to sand;

Watched them fall beneath the knife

Of grave misfortune, age and strife.

So on I wandered, friend to dread...

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This poem was originally published in the January 1991 edition of Amazing Stories Magazine.