Robert E. Howard bibliography (poems A–H)

Robert E. Howard Bibliography
Robert E Howard in 1934
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Prose bibliography
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Poems (A–H) Poems (I–O) Poems (P–Z)

A list of poems by Robert E. Howard (1906–1936), an American writer and poet in early 20th century Texas. His love of poetry came from being read to by his mother at a young age. However, his attempts to make a living by poetry were unsuccessful and he is today most remembered for his short stories and fiction. Nevertheless, Howard wrote hundreds of poems; many were published within his lifetime and the others published after his 1936 suicide.

Key

Title	Lines	Opening line	Place of publication	Publication date	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes	References
The title of the poem	#	The text of the first known line in the poem	The book or magazine in which the poem was first published	The date on which the poem was first published	Any alternative titles by which the poem is also known	Links to online texts where available	Further information about the poem	Bibliographic sources
An alternative title for the poem					The main title of the poem

The lack of information in a column does not necessarily mean that the information does not exist, only that verifiable information is not currently available. For example, the lack of publication information does not necessarily mean that a poem has not been published to date, nor does the lack of a definite note about the public domain indicate that a poem is still under copyright.

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Additional notes

Title/Alternative title: Some poems are known by multiple titles. Alternative titles are shown in the column of the same name. All titles are listed in the Titles column but, in cases of multiple titles for a single poem, further information is only shown alongside the main title. Alternative titles, which do not duplicate the additional information, are shown in a darker gray on the table. In other cases, some poems were not titled by Howard or the original title has not survived. Some poems have been given tentative titles after Howard's death; this is induicated in the Notes column. Where there is neither an original title nor a subsequent tentative title, the title is simply been set as "Untitled". Some pieces of poetry were used by Howard as epigraphs within his stories. Lord (1976) listed these poems under the title of the short story rather than the title of the poem itself. In these cases, this list uses the title of the poem instead to remain consistent with the rest of the list. With epigraphs, the first publication information given in this table is that of the poem's first printing separated from the story.

Lines: The number of lines in the poem.

Source text: Links given in the Source Text column are to copies of the poem in online libraries (where available). For ease of browsing the table, these links are preceded by a small icon. For example, for poems on Wikisource.

References: Bibliographic references are given in the final column of each row. The exception to this is the Notes column; as notes may come from diverse sources, or from a separate part of one of the main sources, each individual note is followed by its own reference.

Poetry

Title	Lines	Opening line	Place of publication	Publication date	Alternative title(s)	Source text	Notes	References
Abe Lincoln			Shadows of Dreams	1989			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. May 1932 (Herman 2006, p. 147)	Herman 2006, p. 147 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Ace High	16	Slim white fingers	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002				Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 147 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Actor, The	12	I am an actor and have been an actor from birth	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 300)	Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 147 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Adventure (1)^N	21	Adventure, I have followed your beck	Omniumgathum	1976			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 300); An early work^C (Lord 1976, p. 300)	Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 147 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Adventure (2)^N	4	I am the spur	The Cross Plainsman	2004		Wikisource	Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 148); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Adventurer			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 148); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Adventurer, The	44	Dusk on the sea; the fading twilight shifts	The Grim Land and Others	1976		Wikisource	PD^L	Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Adventurer's Mistress, The (1)^N	64	The scarlet standards of the sun	The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems of the Supernatural	1982				Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Adventurer's Mistress, The (2)^N		The fogs of night			The Dance with Death			Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Affair at the Tavern, The	61	Trailing dusk, and a coach-and-four	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002				Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
After a Flaming Night					Mark of the Beast			Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Age	20	Age sat on his high throne	The Junto^H / The Howard Collector	1928-09 Sep 1928 / Spring 1971	To the Old Men		Conflict:^M Lord (1976, p. 169), The Howard Collector, 1971/Herman (2006, p. 148), The Junto, 1928	Lord 1976, p. 169 Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Age Comes to Rabelais	12	Judas Iscariot, Saul and Cain	The Howard Collector	1966-06-21 Summer 1966				Lord 1976, p. 169 Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Ages Stride on Golden Feet, The	6	The ages stride on golden feet	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 300)	Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Alamo, The			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007		Wikisource	Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926)(Herman 2006, p. 148); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Alien	16	My brothers are blond and calm of speech	Verses in Ebony	1975				Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, pp. 148–149 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
All Day			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
All Hallows Eve	18	Now anthropoid and leprous shadows lope	Amazing Stories	1986-03 Mar 1986			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 300)	Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 149 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Altars and Jesters	100	God is God and Mahommed his prophet	Altars and Jesters	1974	An Opium Dream			Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 149 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Always Comes Evening	20	Riding down the road at evening with the stars for steed and shoon	The Phantagraph	1936-04 Aug 1936		Wikisource	PD^L	Lord 1976, p. 170 Herman 2006, p. 149 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Ambition			The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: 1930-1932	2007-10 Oct 2007		Wikisource	Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. April 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 149); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 149 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
American, An	36	Sing of my ancestors!	The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007		Wikisource	Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. December 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 149); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 149 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
American Epic, An	8	The autumn sun was gettin' low, the day was mighty windy	The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929	2007-06 Jun 2007		Wikisource	Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. April 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 149); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 149 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Am-ra the Ta-an	72	Out of the land of the morning sun	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Unfinished (Lord 1976, p. 300); An early work^C (Lord 1976, p. 300)	Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 149 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Ancient English Balladel	34	O come, friend Dick, go whoring with me!	Lewd Tales	1987			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. February 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 150)	Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
And Beowulf Rides Again	24	Thunder white on a golden track	Spoor Anthology #1	1974				Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
And Man Was Given the Earth to Rule					For Man Was Given the Earth to Rule; The Old Gods Brood			Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
And So I Sang	10	They bade me sing, but all I could sing, in the glory and the shine	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002				Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Another Hymn of Hate	18	No heavens for me with their streets of gold and harps electroplated	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Pen name: Patrick Howard^O (Lord 1976, p. 299)	Lord 1976, p. 299 Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Arcadian Days			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, August 6, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 150); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Arkham	4	Drowsy and dull with ages the houses blink	Weird Tales	1932-08 Aug 1932		Wikilivres		(Lord 1976, p. 170) Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Artifice	4	All is pose and artifice	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 300)	(Lord 1976, p. 300) Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
As I Rode Down to Lincoln Town	4	As I rode down to Lincoln town beneath a copper moon	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 300)	Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
As It Was In the Beginning			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
As Sampson Was			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Astarte's Idol Stands Alone	18	Astarte's idol stands alone	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002				Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
At Least No Hypocrite			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
At Ringside			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
At the Bazaar			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007		Wikisource	Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, C. March 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 151); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 151
At the Sign of the Silver Slipper			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Attila Rides No More	18	Across the silent sands we sprang	Singers in the Shadows	1970				Lord 1976, p. 170 Herman 2006, p. 151 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Authorial Version of Duna			Robert E. Howard: Selected Letters: 1931-1936	1991-03 1991			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, C. May 1932 (Herman 2006, p. 151)	Herman 2006, p. 151 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Autumn	12	Now is the lyre of Homer flecked with rust	Weird Tales	1933-04 April 1933	A Dream of Autumn; The Autumn of the World	Wikilivres	Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, C. March 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 151); Originally titled "The Autumn of the World"	Lord 1976, p. 170 Herman 2006, p. 151 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Autumn of the World, The					Autumn; The Dream of Autumn			Herman 2006, p. 151 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Aw"Aw Come On and Fight!"			The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: 1930-1932	2007-10 Oct 2007		Wikisource	Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. March 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 151); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 151 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A
Baal	57	My name is Baal; I walked the earth of yore	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 301)	Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 151 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Baal-pteor	6	High on his throne Baal-pteor sat	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 301)	Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 151 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Babel	19	Now in the gloom the pulsing drums repeat	The Fantasy Fan	1935-01 Jan 1935		Wikisource	Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, undated (Herman 2006, p. 152); PD^L	Lord 1976, p. 170 Herman 2006, pp. 151–152 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Babylon	16	For I have seen the lizards crawl	Always Comes Evening	1957		Wikilivres	Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 171)	Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 152 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Ballad of Abe Slickemmore, The			The Cross Plainsman	2004-08 Aug 2004			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 152); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 152 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Ballad of Baibars, The	8	Iron winds and ruin and flame	Echoes From An Iron Harp^A	1972^A	The Sowers of the Thunder		Epigraph:^S The Sowers of the Thunder (Lord 1976, p. 206)	Lord 1976, p. 206 Herman 2006, pp. 152, 211 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Ballad of Beer, A	28	I was once, I declare, a grog-shop man	Shadows of Dreams	1989			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. July 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 152); Originally untitled (Herman 2006, p. 152)	Herman 2006, p. 152 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Ballad of Buckshot Roberts, The	56	Buckshot Roberts was a Texas man	Rhymes of Death	1975	The Ballad of Bucksnort Roberts			Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 152 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Ballad of Bucksnort Roberts, The					The Ballad of Buckshot Roberts			Herman 2006, p. 152 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Ballad of Insanity, A			The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929	2007-06 Jun 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 152); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 152 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Ballad of Dark Agnes, The	4	Her sisters bend above their looms	n/a	n/a			Epigraph:^S Sword Woman (Lord 1976, p. 315) Never published separately from the story (Herman 2006, p. 152)	Lord 1976, p. 315 Herman 2006, p. 152 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Ballad of King Geraint, The	1046	This is the tale of a nameless fight	The Ballad of King Geraint	1989			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 301); Title provided by Lenore Preece (Herman 2006, p. 153); Letter:^K Harold Preece, January 4, 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 153)	Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Ballad of Monk Kickawhore, The			The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929	2007-06 Jun 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 153); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Ballad of Naughty Nell, The					The Ballad of Singapore Nell			Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Ballad of Nell of Singapore, The					The Ballad of Singapore Nell			Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Ballad of Singapore Nell, The	26	There are deeds done in the East, my son, where women are bold and bad	Chacal #1	1976-12-21 Winter 1976	The Ballad of Naughty Nell and The Ballad of Singapore Nell			Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Ballade			Shadows of Dreams	1989			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, undated (Herman 2006, p. 153)	Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Bandit, The	31	Out of the Texas desert, over the Rio Grande	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 301); An early work^C (Lord 1976, p. 301)	Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Bar By the Side of the Road, The	24	There are liquorless souls that follow paths	The Howard Collector #17	1972-09-21 Autumn 1972				Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Baron and the Wench, The	20	The baron quaffed a draught of wine	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 301); Unfinished (Lord 1976, p. 301)/(Herman 2006, p. 153)	Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Bast			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Batter the Bars			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Bell of Morni, The	24	There's a bell that hangs in a hidden cave	Bran Mak Morn — The Last King	2001			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 301)	Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Belshazzar	6	Slow through the streets of Babylon he went	The Howard Collector	1964-06-21 Summer 1964	Belshazzer		Letter:^K Harold Preece, c. Oct/Nov 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 154)	Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 154 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Belshazzer					Belshazzar		Title used in original letter to Harold Preece (Herman 2006, p. 154)	Herman 2006, p. 154 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Belshazzar's Dream			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Beneath The South Sea Moon			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Benny Leonard			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Black Chant Imperial	24	Trumpets triumph in red disaster	Weird Tales	1930-09 Sep 1930		Wikilivres	Shares lines with Empire (lines 1-4, 9-12- 21-32 & 37-40) (Lord 1976, p. 171)/(Herman 2006, p. 154)	Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 154 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Black Dawn	105	A black moon nailed against a sullen dawn	Black Dawn	1972			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. March 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 154); Cyle of five poems (Herman 2006, p. 154)	Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 154 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Black Harps in the Hills	53	Let Saxons sing of Saxon kings	Omniumgathum	1976			Pen name: Patrick Mac Conaire Howard^O (Lord 1976, p. 299); Letter:^K Harold Preece, c. March 1929, a version (Herman 2006, p. 154)	Lord 1976, p. 299 Herman 2006, p. 154 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Black Mass					A Vision			Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 154 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Black Michael's Story					Retribution; The Song of Murtagh O'Brien			Herman 2006, p. 154 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Black Seas			Fantasy Book #23 (vol 5, no. 5)	1987-03 Mar 1987			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. June 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 155)	Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Black Stone, The	4	They say foul things of Old Times still lurk	Inside & Science Fiction Advertiser^A	1956-09 Sep 1956^A			Epigraph:^S The Black Stone (Lord 1976, p. 203); Justin Geoffrey^R (Lord 1976, p. 203)	Lord 1976, p. 203 Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Blood of Belshazzar, The					The Song of the Red Stone			Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Blossoms & Pagodas			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Bob Fitzsimmons			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Bombing of Gon Fanfew, The			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, February 25, 1925 (Herman 2006, p. 155); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Bran Mak Morn			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Bride of Cuchulain, The	27	Love, we have laughed at living	Singers in the Shadows	1970				Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Broken Walls of Babel, The	10	The broken walls of Babel rear	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 301)	Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Bubastes	14	Bubastes! Down the lank and sullen years					Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 301)	Lord 1976, p. 301
Buccaneer Speaks, A	24	I've broken the laws of man and God	Night Images	1976				Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Buccaneer Treasure	126	This is a story that I heard from the lips of a drunken tramp	Amazing Science Fiction Stories	1985-01 Jan 1985				Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Builders, The (1)^N	12	We reared up Babel's towers	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 301); Similar to version (2) (Herman 2006, p. 156)	Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Builders, The (2)^N		We reared up Bab-ilu's towers	The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929	2007-06 Jun 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. October 1927 (Herman 2006, p. 156); Similar to version (1) (Herman 2006, p. 156)	Herman 2006, p. 156 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Builders, The (3)^N		The towers stand recorders	The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter, vol. 1, #2	2007-11 Nov 2007				Herman 2006, p. 156
But the Hills Were Ancient Then	24	Now is a summer come out of the sea	Amra (vol. 2, no. 8)	1959-11 Nov-December 1959		Wikisource	Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 171); Title created by George Scithers (Herman 2006, p. 156); PD^L	Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 156 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B
Call of Pan, The		My heart is a silver drum tonight	Shadows of Dreams	1989			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 156)	Herman 2006, p. 156 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Call of the Sea, The	30	White spray is flashing	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 301); Lines 1-6 were first published in Dark Valley Destiny (1983) (Herman 2006, p. 156)	Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 156 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Calling to Rome, A	8	There's a calling and a calling	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 301)	Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 156 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Campus at Midnight, The	8	Starlight gleams through the windows	Omniumgathum	1976			Letter:^K Edna Mann, October 30, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 156)	Herman 2006, p. 156 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Campus at Night, The					The Campus at Midnight			Herman 2006, p. 156 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Candles			Candles	1974-12-31 Late 1974/Early 1975			Ascribed to Howard by Michael Horvat (publisher) after discovery in a book, Glenn Lord questions whether this is really a Howard poem (Herman 2006, pp. 156, 397).	Herman 2006, p. 156 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Castaway			Shadows of Dreams	1989				Herman 2006, p. 156 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Cat of Anubis, The					The Cats of Anubis			Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Cats of Anubis, The	21	The stars comes blinking in a dusty day	Whispers #1	1973-07 Jul 1973	The Cat of Anubis			Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Cells of the Coliseum, The	20	Across the walls a shadow falls	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002				Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Challenge			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Challenge to Bast, A	18	Come not to me, Bubastes	Fantasy Book	1986-09 Sep 1986			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, undated (Herman 2006, p. 157)	Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Champ, The	20	The champion sneered, the crowds they jeered	Robert E. Howard Fight Magazine #1	1990-09 Sep 1990			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 302)	Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Chant Demoniac, The	18	I am Satan; I am weary	Weird Tales #295	1989-12-21 Winter 1989-90			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. January 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 157)	Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Chant of the White Beard	8	O'er lakes agleam the old gods dream	Always Comes Evening	1957			From:^T Men of the Shadows (Lord 1976, p. 172); Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 172); From:^T Men of the Shadows (Herman 2006, p. 157)	Lord 1976, p. 172 Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Chariots of Nineveh, The							Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Chief of the Matabeles, The	84	The warm veldt spread beneath the tropic sun	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 302); Unfinished (Lord 1976, p. 302)/(Herman 2006, p. 157); An early work^C (Lord 1976, p. 302)	Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Children of the Night, The					The House in the Oaks			Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Chinese Gong, The			The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929	2007-06 Jun 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. March 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 157); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Choir Girl, The			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007		Wikisource	Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. March 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 158); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 158 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Cimmeria	32	I remember	The Howard Collector #7	1965-12-21 Winter 1965			Letter:^K Emil Petaja, December 17, 1934 (Herman 2006, p. 158)	Lord 1976, p. 172 Herman 2006, p. 158 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Clouds	13		n/a	n/a			Part 2 of the Black Dawn cycle (Herman 2006, pp. 154, 158); Never published separately (Herman 2006, p. 158)	Herman 2006, p. 158 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Code	4	We're a jolly good bunch of bums	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 302); An early work^C (Lord 1976, p. 302)	Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 158 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Coming of Bast, The	36	She came in the dim of the desert dawn	Lone Star Universe	1976			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, undated, a version (Herman 2006, p. 158)	Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 158 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Conn's Saga	6	The war was like a dream; I cannot tell	Echoes From An Iron Harp^A n/a	1972^A n/a			Epigraph:^S The Grey God Passes (Lord 1976, p. 204); Conflict:^M Lord (1976, p. 204), Echoes from an Iron Harp, 1972/Herman (2006, p. 159), no separate publication	Lord 1976, p. 204 Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Construction Man, The			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Contrast			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Cooling of Spike McRue, The	43	A couple of hams were having a mill	Writer of the Dark	1986			A parody of Robert W. Service (Lord 1976, p. 302)/(Herman 2006, p. 159)	Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Corbet			n/a	n/a			Lost^U	Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Cornish Jack	88	Away in the dusty barracoon	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 302)	Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Counterspells	4	The doine sidhe sang to our swords by night	Unaussprechlichen Kulten #1	1990-10 Oct 1990			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 302)	Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Cowboy			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 159); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Crete	16	The green waves wash above us	Weird Tales	1929-02 Feb 1929		Wikisource	PD^L	Lord 1976, p. 172 Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Crown for a King, A	39	A roar of battle thundered in the hills	Ariel #1	1976-09-21 Autumn 1976			Part 5 of the Voices of the Night cycle (Herman 2006, p. 159)	Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Crusade		Wild flying hoofs whirl up the sands	The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007			From an undated document sent to Tevis Clyde Smith (Herman 2006, p. 159); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Cry Everlasting, The (Lord 1976, p. 302)	24	"Good rede, good rede! Slay ye the Bishop!"	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002				Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Cuckoo's Revenge, The			Risque Stories #5	1987-03 Mar 1987			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, undated (Herman 2006, p. 160)	Herman 2006, p. 160 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Custom	27	Crack of a whip in the dusky air	Unaussprechlichen Kulten #1	1990-10 Oct 1990				Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 160 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C
Dance Macabre	16	I saw the grass on the hillside bend	Weirdbook #12	1977			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 302)	Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 160
Dance with Death, The	110	The fogs of night	Magira #38	1992-03-21 Spring 1992	The Adventurer's Mistress (2)^N		German^P (Herman 2006, p. 160)	Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 160
Dancer			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 160); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 160
Dancer, The			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, April 14, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 160); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 160
Daughter of Evil	44	They cast her out of the court of the king	Chacal #2	1977-03-21 Spring 1977			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. September 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 160); Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 302)	Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 160
Dawn in Flanders, A	8	I can recall a quiet sky once more	The Howard Collector #5	1964-06-21 Summer 1964				Lord 1976, p. 172 Herman 2006, p. 160
Day Breaks Over Simla, The	24	Near a million dawns have burst	Fantasy Crossroads #4/5	1975-08 Aug 1975				Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 161
Day That I Die, The	36	The day that I die shall the sky be clear	The Howard Collector #9	1967-03-21 Spring 1967				Lord 1976, p. 172 Herman 2006, p. 161
Days of Glory	12	Ah, those were glittering, jeweled days	Night Images	1976			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 302)	Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 161
De Ole River-Ox	21	De ole river-ox come over de ridge	The Grim Land and Others	1976				Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 161
Dead Man's Hate	28	They hanged John Farrel in the dawn amid the market-place	Weird Tales	1930-01 Jan 1930		Wikisource	PD^L	Lord 1976, p. 172 Herman 2006, p. 161 Howard & Burke 2008, p. X
Dead Slaver's Tale, The	22	Dim and grey was the silent sea	Weirdbook #8	1974	The Tale the Dead Slaver Told			Herman 2006, p. 161 Howard & Burke 2008, p. X
Death's Black Riders	4	The hangman asked of the carrion crow, but the raven made reply	Echoes From An Iron Harp^A	1972^A			Epigraph:^S Death's Black Riders (Lord 1976, p. 203)	Lord 1976, p. 203 Herman 2006, p. 161
Deed Beyond the Deed, The			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. December 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 161); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 161
Deeps			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007		Wikisource	Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 161); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 161
Desert, The	7	Wide and free swings the desert, far as reaches the eye	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 302); An early work^C (Lord 1976, p. 302)	Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 161
Desert Dawn	14	Dim seas of sand swim slowly into sight	Weird Tales	1939-03 Mar 1939		Wikilivres		Lord 1976, p. 172 Herman 2006, p. 162
Desert Hawk, The	48	The burning sun scatters his fiery rays	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			An early work^C (Lord 1976, p. 303)	Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 162
Desire	14	"Turn out the light." I raised a willing hand	Desire and Other Erotic Poems	1989			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 303)	Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 162
Destination	24	Against the east a somber spire loomed o'er a dusky, brooding wood	Magazine of Horror #12	1965-12-21 Winter 1965/1966				Lord 1976, p. 172 Herman 2006, p. 162
Destiny (1)^N	4	I think I was born to pass at dawn	Savage Sword of Conan #193	1992-01 Jan 1992			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 303)	Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 162
Destiny (2)^N		What is there...	Shadows of Dreams	1989			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, April 14, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 162)	Herman 2006, p. 162
Destiny (3)^N		I am a white trail...	The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 162)	Herman 2006, p. 162
Devon Oak (Lord 1976, p. 303)	20	I am a Devon oak	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 303)	Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 162
Doom					The Wheel of Destiny			Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 162
Doom Chant of Than-kul, The	25	Atlantis lies in the cold jade sea	Weird Tales #4	1983				Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 162
Down the Ages	22	Forever down the ages	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 303); Unfinished (Lord 1976, p. 303)	Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 162
Drake Sings of Yesterday	56	On Devon downs I met the ghost of Drake	Weirdbook #15	1981				Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, pp. 162–3
Dream and the Shadow, The	14	I dreamed a stony idol striding came	Weird Tales	1937-09 Sep 1937		Wikilivres		Lord 1976, p. 173 Herman 2006, p. 163
Dream of Autumn, A					Autumn; The Autumn of the World			Lord 1976, p. 173 Herman 2006, p. 163
Dreamer			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007		Wikisource	Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 163); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 163
Dreaming			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, undated (Herman 2006, p. 163); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 163
Dreaming in Israel			Shadows of Dreams	1989			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. August 1932 (Herman 2006, p. 163)	Herman 2006, p. 163
Dreaming on Downs	16	I marched with Alfred when he thundered forth	Poet's Scroll	1929-08 Apr 1929	King Alfred Rides Again	Wikisource	Pen name: Patrick Howard^O (Herman 2006, p. 163);PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 163
Dreams	14	"Babylon has fallen, has fallen, has fallen	Up John Kane! and Other Poems	1977				Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 163
Dreams of Men, The			Shadows of Dreams	1989			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. October 1927 (Herman 2006, p. 163)	Herman 2006, p. 163
Dreams of Nineveh	20	Silver bridge in a broken sky	Golden Atom, 20th Anniversary Issue	1959-12-31 1959/1960		Wikisource	PD^L	Lord 1976, p. 173 Herman 2006, p. 164
Drowned	14	My mother sat me on the cottage stair	Toadstool Wine	1975				Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 164
Drum, The	14	I heard the drum as I went down the street	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 303)	Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 164
Drum Begins to Throb, A					Out of the Deep; The Voices Waken Memory			Lord 1976, p. 173 Herman 2006, p. 164
Drum Gods	20	My muscles ripple 'neath my skin	Etchings and Odysseys #9	1986				Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 164
Drummings on an Empty Skull			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, undated (Herman 2006, p. 163); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 164
Drums in My Ears	5	Beyond the creak of rat-gnawed beams in squalid peasant huts	n/a	n/a			Epigraph:^S Sword Woman (Lord 1976, p. 315) Never published separately (Herman 2006, p. 164)	Lord 1976, p. 315 Herman 2006, p. 164
Drums of Pictdom, The	4	How can I wear the harness of toil	Bran Mak Morn	1969-09 Sep 1969			Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 173)	Lord 1976, p. 173 Herman 2006, p. 164
Dull Sound as of Knocking, A	12	Who raps here on my door tonight	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002		Wikilivres		Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 164 Howard & Burke 2008, p. X
Dungeon Opens, A	76	They let me out of the slimy cell	Ein Traumer Aus Texas	1987			German^P (Herman 2006, p. 164)	Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 164
Dust Dance, The (1)^N	76	Ah, it's little they knew when they molded me	The Howard Collector #10	1968-03-21 Spring 1968			Incomplete (Lord 1976, p. 173); Shares lines with version (2) (Lord 1976, p. 173); Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. March 1928, partial (Herman 2006, p. 165)	Lord 1976, p. 173 Herman 2006, p. 165
Dust Dance, The (2)^N	72	For I, with the shape of my kin, the ape	The Howard Collector #7	1965-12-21 Winter 1965			Incomplete (Lord 1976, p. 173); Shares lines with version (1), The Song of Horsa's Galley and The Road to Hell (Lord 1976, p. 173); Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. March 1928, partial (Herman 2006, p. 165)	Lord 1976, p. 173 Herman 2006, p. 165
Dweller in Dark Valley, The	20	The nightwinds tossed the tangled trees, the stars were cold with scorn	Magazine of Horror #11	1965-11 Nov 1965				Lord 1976, p. 174 Herman 2006, p. 165 Howard & Burke 2008, p. X
Dying Pirate Speaks of Treasure, A	40	Lash me two round shot hard to my ankles	Up John Kane! and Other Poems	1977				Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 165
Earth-born	28	By rose and verdant valley	Fire and Sleet and Candlelight	1961				Lord 1976, p. 174 Herman 2006, p. 165
Easter Island	14	How many weary centuries have flown	Weird Tales	1928-12 Dec 1928		Wikisource	PD^L	Lord 1976, p. 174 Herman 2006, p. 165
Echo of Laughter in the Gulfs, An					Laughter in the Gulfs			Lord 1976, p. 174
Echoes from an Anvil	54	I leave no paltry poets	Night Images	1966			Pen name: Robert E. Patrick Howard^O (Lord 1976, p. 314)	Lord 1976, p. 314 Herman 2006, p. 166
Echoes from an Iron Anvil			Verses in Ebony	1975				Herman 2006, p. 166
Echo from the Iron Harp, An					The Gold and the Grey			Herman 2006, p. 166
Echoing Shadows					The Iron Harp; Voices of the Night			Lord 1976, p. 174 Herman 2006, p. 166
Ecstasy	60	There is a strangeness in my soul	Rhymes of Death	1975			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 303)	Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 166
Ecstasy of Desolation, The			Shadows of Dreams	1989			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. OCtober 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 166)	Herman 2006, p. 166
Edgar Guest	5	How long have you written, Eddie Guest? How long have you twirled a pen	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 303); Unfinished (Lord 1976, p. 303)/(Herman 2006, p. 166)	Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 166
Egypt	14	Bubastes! Down the lank and sullen years	Whispers #2	1973-12 Dec 1973				Lord 1976, p. 174 Herman 2006, p. 166
Emancipation	20	The couplers lock and the air-brakes grate	Always Comes Evening	1957		Wikilivres		Lord 1976, p. 174 Herman 2006, p. 166
Empire	40	Trumpets triumph in red disaster	Verses in Ebony	1975			Pen name: Patrick Mac Conaire Howard^O (Lord 1976, p. 299); Shares lines with Black Chant Imperial, which is a shortened version of this poem (Lord 1976, p. 299)/(Herman 2006, p. 167); Subtitled "A Song for All Exiles" (Lord 1976, p. 299)	Lord 1976, p. 299 Herman 2006, p. 167
Empire's Destiny	23	Bab-ilu's women gazed upon our spears	Poet's Scroll	1929-06 Jun 1929	Oh, Babylon, Lost Babylon	Wikisource	PD^L; Pen name: Patrick Howard^O (Herman 2006, p. 167)	Herman 2006, p. 167
End of the Glory Trail, The	12	One man fought for a creed and one	Rhymes of Death	1975				Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 167
Envoy			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1932 (Herman 2006, p. 167); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 167
Eric of Norway	219	Eric Ranesen, the Viking, son of the sword and spear	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			An early work^C (Lord 1976, p. 304)	Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 167
Escape	7	I'd like to throw over the whole damn thing	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002				Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 167
Eternity			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007		Wikisource	Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 167); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 167
Exhortation	4	Oh, ye who tread the narrow way	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 304); An early work^C (Lord 1976, p. 304)	Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 167
Fables for Little Folks	16	He was six foot four and wide as a door	The Daniel Baker Collegian^G	1926-03-15 15 March 1926		Wikisource	PD^L	Lord 1976, p. 175 Herman 2006, p. 167
Far Country, A			Shadows of Dreams	1989			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1928 (Herman 2006, pp. 167–8)	Herman 2006, pp. 167–8
Far in the Gloomy Northland	24	Far in the gloomy Northland	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 304); An early work^C (Lord 1976, p. 304)	Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 168
Farewell, Proud Munster	28	Night in the county of Donegal	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 304); An early work^C (Lord 1976, p. 304)	Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 168
Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gealach Buidhe Mar Or	31	Mananan Mac Lir	The Junto^H Coven13	1929-08 Aug 1929 Mar 1970		Wikisource	Conflict:^M Lord (1976, p. 175), Coven 13, 1970/Herman (2006, p. 168), The Junto, 1929	Lord 1976, p. 175 Herman 2006, p. 168
Fear That Follows, The	24	The smile of a child was on her lips - oh, smile of a last long rest	Singers in the Shadows	1970				Lord 1976, p. 175 Herman 2006, p. 168 Howard & Burke 2008, p. X
Fearsome Touch of Death, The	4	As long as midnight cloaks the earth	Echoes From An Iron Harp^A	1972^A			Epigraph:^S The Fearsome Touch of Death (Lord 1976, p. 203)	Lord 1976, p. 203 Herman 2006, p. 168
February	20	What is so vile as a February day			Parody		Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 304); A parody of the description of June in Sir Launfal (Lord 1976, p. 304); An early work^C (Lord 1976, p. 304)	Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 168
Feud, The	12	He did not glance above the trail to the laurel where I lay	Fantasy Crossroads #13	1978-06 Jun 1978			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 304)	Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 168
Flaming Marble	14	I carved a woman out of marble when	Poet's Scroll	1929-01 Jan 1929		Wikisource	PD^L; Pen name: Patrick Howard^O (Herman 2006, p. 168)	Herman 2006, p. 168
Flight	24	A jackal laughed from a thicket still, the stars were haggard pale	Witchcraft & Sorcery	1971-05 May 1971			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. September 1927, earlier, shorter version (Herman 2006, p. 168)	Lord 1976, p. 175 Herman 2006, p. 168
Flint's Passing	30	Bring aft the rum! Life's measure's overfull	Fantasy Crossroads #3	1975-05 May 1975				Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 169
Flood, The			The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems of the Supernatural	1982	To All the Evangelists			Herman 2006, p. 169
Follower, The	20	I am the man who followed	The Golden Caliph^I The Last Celt	1922-01 1922/1923 1976			Conflict:^M Lord (1976, p. 175), The Last Celt, 1976/Herman (2006, p. 169), The Golden Caliph, 1922–23; An early work^C (Lord 1976, p. 175)	Lord 1976, p. 175 Herman 2006, p. 169
For Man Was Given the Earth to Rule	44	The mallet clashes on the nail	The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems of the Supernatural	1986-09 Sep 1986	And Man Was Given the Earth to Rule; The Old Gods Brood			Lord 1976, p. 308 Herman 2006, p. 169
Forbidden Magic	14	There came to me a Shape one summer night	Weird Tales	1929-07 Jul 1929		Wikisource	PD^L	Lord 1976, p. 175 Herman 2006, p. 169
Fragment	35	And so his boyhood wandered into youth	Weird Tales	1937-12 Dec 1937				Lord 1976, p. 175 Herman 2006, p. 169 Howard & Burke (2008, p. x)
Freedom	8	The world is rife, say I	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 304)	Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 169
Futility (1)^N	16	Golden goats on a hillside black	Weird Tales	1937-11 Nov 1937			Very similar to Moonlight on a Skull (Lord 1976, p. 175)/(Herman 2006, p. 170)	Lord 1976, p. 175 Herman 2006, p. 170
Futility (2)^N	30	Time races on and none can stay the tread	The Daniel Baker Collegian^G	1926-05-25 25 May 1926		Wikilivres	PD^L	Lord 1976, p. 176 Herman 2006, p. 170
Gates of Babylon, The	25	The gates of Babylon stand ajar	The Ghost OCean and Other Poems of the Supernatural	1982				Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 170
Gates of Nineveh, The	16	These are the gates of Nineveh; here	Weird Tales	1928-07 Jul 1928		Wikisource	PD^L	Lord 1976, p. 176 Herman 2006, p. 170
Ghost Dancers	32	Night has come over ridge and hill	Writer of the Dark	1986				Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 170
Ghost Kings, The	12	The ghost kings are marching; the midnight knows their tread	Weird Tales	1938-12 Dec 1938		Wikilivres		Lord 1976, p. 176 Herman 2006, p. 170
Ghost Ocean, The	16	There is a sea and a silent moon	The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems of the Supernatural	1982			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 304)	Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 171
Girl			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007		Wikisource	Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 171); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 171
Girls			The Toreador	1925-07-05 5 July 1925				Herman 2006, p. 171
Gladiator and the Lady, The	14	When I was a boy in Britain and you were a girl in Rome	Shadows of Dreams	1989			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. April 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 171)	Herman 2006, p. 171
Gods I Worshipped, The			A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002				Herman 2006, p. 171
Gods of Easter Island, The	14	Long ere Priapus pranced through groves Arcadian sunlight kissed	Always Comes Evening	1957		Wikilivres	Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 176)	Lord 1976, p. 176 Herman 2006, p. 171
Gods of the Jungle Drums, The	27	Mutter of drums, jungle drums	The Grim Land and Others	1976				Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 171
Gods Remember, The (1)^N		Lost wonders of the ages	The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929	2007-06 Jun 2007		Wikisource	An early draft of version (2) (Herman 2006, p. 171); Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. October 1927 (Herman 2006, p. 171); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 171
Gods Remember, The (2)^N	16	The glories of the ages	Etchings and Odysseys #9	1986				Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 171
Gold and the Grey, The	55	Shadows and echoes haunt my dreams with dim and subtle pain	The Gold and the Grey	1974	An Echo from the Iron Harp		Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 304)	Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 171
Good Mistress Brown	20	A sturdy housewife was Mistress Brown	Desire and Other Erotic Poems	1989			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 304)	Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 172
Great Man Speaks, A			The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929	2007-06 Jun 2007		Wikisource	Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 172); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 172
Grey God Passes, The	4	Oh Masters of the North, we come with tally of remembered dead	Echoes From An Iron Harp^A	1972^A	Conn's Saga		Epigraph:^S The Grey God Passes (Lord 1976, p. 204)	Lord 1976, p. 204 Herman 2006, p. 172
Grey Lover, The			The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929	2007-06 Jun 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. January 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 172); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 172
Grim Land, The	28	From Sonora to Del Rio is a hundred barren miles	The Grim Land and Others	1976			Shares lines with Sonora to Del Rio (Lord 1976, p. 304); Letter:^K to H. P. Lovecraft, June 1931 (Herman 2006, p. 172)	Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 172
Guise of Youth, The	20	Men say my years are few; yet I am old	Science-Fantasy Correspondent #1	1975-12 Dec 1975			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 307)	Lord 1976, p. 307 Herman 2006, p. 172
Hadrian's Wall	14	Against these stones red waves of carnage break	Singers in the Shadows	1970				Lord 1976, p. 176 Herman 2006, p. 172
Hairy-Chested Idealist Sings, A	52	I was drunk, drunk, drunk	The Junto^H	1928-10 Oct 1928				Lord 1976, p. 307 Herman 2006, p. 172
Harlot, The	12	Mrs. Crown was a dame of the town	Risque Stories #3	1985-07 Jul 1985				Lord 1976, p. 307 Herman 2006, pp. 172–173
Harp of Alfred, The	18	I heard the harp of Alfred	Weird Tales	1928-09 Sep 1928		Wikisource	PD^L	Lord 1976, p. 176 Herman 2006, p. 173
Harvest	4	We reap and bind the bitter yield	The Howard Collector	1972-09-21 Autumn 1972			Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 176)	Lord 1976, p. 176 Herman 2006, p. 173
Hate's Dawn	18	I pinned him hard in a vacant trench	The Junto^H	1929-07 Jul 1929				Lord 1976, p. 307 Herman 2006, p. 173
Haunting Columns	14	The walls of Luxor broke the silver sand	Weird Tales	1938-02 Feb 1938		Wikilivres	One of the "Sonnets Out of Bedlam" sequence of poems (Herman 2006, p. 173)	Lord 1976, p. 177 Herman 2006, p. 173
Heart of the Sea's Desire, The	28	The stars beat up from the shadowy sea	Always Comes Evening	1957	Mate of the Sea	Wikilivres	Title created by Dale Hart for an untilted version but another draft was later found with the title Mate of the Sea (Herman 2006, p. 173)	Lord 1976, p. 177 Herman 2006, p. 173
Heritage (1)^N	30	My people came from Munster and the cold north Nevis side	The Junto^H The Howard Collector #10	1929-08 Aug 1929 Spring 1968			Conflict:^M Lord (1976, p. 177), The Howard Collector, 1968/Herman (2006, p. 174), The Junto, 1929	Lord 1976, p. 177 Herman 2006, p. 174
Heritage (2)^N	12	Saxon blood in the veins of me	Fantasy Crossroads #2	1975-02 Feb 1975				Lord 1976, p. 307 Herman 2006, p. 174
High Blue Halls			The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929	2007-06 Jun 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. April 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 174); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 174
Hills of Kandahar, The	28	The night primeval breaks in scarlet mist	Weird Tales	1939-06 Jun-July 1939		Wikilivres		Lord 1976, p. 177 Herman 2006, p. 174
Hope Empty of Meaning	8	Man is a fool and a blinded toy	The Howard Collector	1971-09-21 Autumn 1971				Lord 1976, p. 177 Herman 2006, p. 174
Hopes of Dreams	20	Sunfire caught in a windy mesh	Witchcraft & Sorcery	1972				Lord 1976, p. 177 Herman 2006, p. 174
Hour of the Dragon, The	6	The Lion banner sways and falls in the horror-haunted gloom	The Howard Collector^A	1969-03-21 Spring 1969^A			Epigraph:^S The Hour of the Dragon (Lord 1976, p. 204)	Lord 1976, p. 204 Herman 2006, p. 174
House in the Oaks, The	4	Tread not where stony deserts hold	Dark Things^A	1971^A	Children of the Night		Originally an unused verse heading for The Children of the Night, August Derleth used it with the story The House in the Oaks instead (Herman 2006, p. 174); Justin Geoffrey^R (Herman 2006, p. 174)	Lord 1976, p. 204 Herman 2006, p. 174
House of Gael, The	12	The ancient boast, the ancient song	A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems	2002			Tentative title^B (Lord 1976, p. 307)	Lord 1976, p. 307 Herman 2006, p. 174
How to Select a Successful Evangelist			The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval	2007-03 Mar 2007			Letter:^K Tevis Clyde Smith, c. March 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 175); PD^L	Herman 2006, p. 175
Hy-Brasil					The Isle of Hy-Brasil			Lord 1976, p. 307 Herman 2006, p. 175
Hymn of Hatred	12	Oh, brother coiling in the acrid grass	Always Comes Evening	1957		Wikilivres	Shares lines with A Rattlesnake Sings in the Grass (Lord 1976, p. 177)	Lord 1976, p. 177 Herman 2006, p. 175

Notes

Further explanations

^A These publications/dates indicate where and when these headings were first published independently of the works to which they were originally attached. (Lord 1976, p. 106)
^B These tentative titles were used by Glenn Lord as a means to identify the poems where no original title was available. (Lord 1976, pp. 106–107)
^C An early work is defined as one believed to have been written before 1924. (Lord 1976, p. 107)

Notes on publications

^D The Tattler was the newspaper of Brownwood High School. (Lord 1976, p. 107)
^E The Cross Plains Review is the weekly newspaper for Cross Plains, Texas. (Lord 1976, p. 107)
^F The Yellow Jacket is the newspaper of Howard Payne College. (Lord 1976, p. 107)
^G The Daniel Baker Collegian was the newspaper of Daniel baker College of Brownwood; the college has since merged with Howard Payne College. (Lord 1976, p. 107)
^H The Junto was a literary travelogue circulated from member to member on a mailing list from 1928 to 1930. (Lord 1976, p. 341)
^I The Golden Caliph (1922 or 1923, one issue) and The Right Hook (1925, three issues) were amateur magazines created by Robert E. Howard and Tevis Clyde Smith as teenagers. (Herman 2006, pp. 407 & 427)
^J The Progress was published by Cross Plains High School.

Notes on short hand

^K All or part of these poems are from or were included in a letter from Robert E. Howard to some recipient (the date is either the explicit date on the letter, an approximate dating of the letter where possible or else simply marked undated). e.g. "Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926" indicates that the poem is from a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith dated June 23, 1926.
^L These poems are in the public domain in the United States and any country where the Rule of the Shorter Term applies. (Herman 2007, Poems)
^M With these poems, two or more sources give different publications and dates of the first appearance. e.g. "Conflict: Lord (1976, p. 186), The Howard Collector, 1962/Herman (2006, p. 204), The Junto, 1929" indicates that Lord (1976, p. 186) states first publication as The Howard Collector (published in 1962), while Herman (2006, p. 204) states first publication as The Junto (published in 1929). Always listed with the earliest date first.
^N Howard sometimes used the same title more than once, or the same title has been attached to untitled works by others. In these cases the poems have been numbered to distinguish them. e.g. "(2)" following the title indicates that this the second poem with the same name.
^O These poems were published under a pen name. e.g. "Pen name: Patrick Howard" indicated that the poem was published under the pen name Patrick Howard.
^P These poems were first published in a non-American publication. e.g. "French" indicates that it was first published in a French book or magazine.
^R These poems are attributed to "Justin Geoffrey," a fictional poet Howard created for his fiction.
^S These poems were originally used as epigraphs, heading chapter and whole stories, in works of prose fiction. This list shows where they were printed separately from the prose. e.g. "Epigraph: The Phoenix on the Sword" indicates that the poem was used as an opening in the short story The Phoenix on the Sword.
^T These poems were part of a different work, usually prose fiction, but were not used to open the work or head chapters. This list shows where they were printed separately from the main work, if at all. e.g. "From: Men of the Shadows" indicates that this poem was originally included in, or part of, the short storyMen of the Shadows.
^U Poems with these titles are on record but no known copy exists today.

References

Bibliographies

Lord, Glenn, ed. (1976), The Last Celt, New York, NY: Berkley Windhover Books, ISBN 978-0-425-03630-3
Herman, Paul (2006), The Neverending Hunt, Wildside Press, ISBN 978-0-8095-6256-5
Thom, William; Herman, Paul; Woods, Todd, "Alphabetic list of verse titles", Howard Works

Other sources

Herman, Paul (2007-05-01), The Copyright and Ownership Status of the Works and Words of Robert E. Howard, REHeapa: The Robert E. Howard Electronic Amateur Press Association, retrieved 2009-02-01
Howard, Robert E. (2008), Burke, Rusty, ed., The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard, illustrated by Greg Staples, New York, NY: Del Rey Books, ISBN 978-0-345-49020-9
Coffman, Frank (2009), Robert E. Howard Selected Poems, Lulu

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