The Legacy of Tubal-Cain
The Legacy of Tubal-Cain
No more!" they swear; I laugh to hear them speak.
And Tubal-Cain who lurks where the shadows shake:
"Break up the swords!" his jaws like iron creak;
"Faster than you may break them, I shall make!"
Yes, break the swords--the old were far too blunt--
Make newer blades with edges diamond keen,
That when we strike, the breasts that bear the brunt
May thrill to beauty of their deathly sheen--
Oh, men who died in Flanders' bloody field,
Against the days to be, Death is your shield.
Robert E. Howard
