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ABE LINCOLN
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. May 1932 ("Fear Finn: / Lo, friend, ...")

ABHORRENT GODS
Alternate title:  Untitled ("Abhorrent gods ...")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Abhorrent gods …") which is the title where the poem was first published.

ACE HIGH

THE ACTOR
Alternate title: Untitled ("I am an actor ...")

ADAM’S IRON HARP
 Alternative titles: THE IRON HARP THAT ADAM CHRISTENED LIFE; Untitled ("The iron harp that Adam christened Life")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("The iron harp that Adam christened Life") which is the title where the poem was first published.

ADAM’S LOINS WERE MOUNTAINS
Alternative title: Untitled ("Adam’s loins were mountains")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Adam’s loins were mountains") which is the title where the poem was first published.

ADVENTURE (1, “Adventure, I have followed your beck”)
Alternate titles: THE CALL OF ADVENTURE; Untitled ("Adventure, I have followed your beck")

ADVENTURE (2, “I am the spur ...”)
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 ("Salaam: / I’m trying to write again ...")

ADVENTURER
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 ("Salaam: / I’m trying to write again ...")

THE ADVENTURER

THE ADVENTURER’S MISTRESS (1, "The scarlet standards of the sun")
Alternate title: Untitled ("The scarlet standards of the sun")
An earlier untitled draft of this poem also exists.

THE ADVENTURER’S MISTRESS (2, "The fogs of night")
Alternate title: THE DANCE WITH DEATH

 For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under THE DANCE WITH DEATH which is the title where the poem was first published.

THE AFFAIR AT THE TAVERN
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed

AFTER A FLAMING NIGHT
Alternate title: MARK OF THE BEAST
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under MARK OF THE BEAST which is the title where the poem was first published.

AFTER THE TRUMPS ARE SOUNDED
Alternative title: Untitled ("After the trumps are sounded")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("After the trumps are sounded") which is the title where the poem was first published.

AGAINST THE BLOOD RED MOON A TOWER STANDS
Alternative titles: THE HAUNTED TOWER: Untitled ("Against the blood red moon a tower stands")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Against the blood red moon a tower stands") which is the title where the poem was first published.

AGE
Alternate title: TO THE OLD MEN
AGE is an earlier version of TO THE OLD MEN.
There are slight variations between the two poems in Lines 1, 4, 5, 18, and 19.


AGE COMES TO RABELAIS

THE AGES STRIDE ON GOLDEN FEET
Alternate title: Untitled ("The ages stride on golden feet")

THE ALAMO
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 ("Salaam: / I’m trying to write again ...")

ALIEN
Alternate title: Untitled ("My brothers are blond and calm of speech")
An original typescript was untitled; a titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed

ALL DAY
A poem title that is included in a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, but no copy exists today.



ALL HALLOWS EVE
Alternate title: Untitled ("Now anthropoid and leprous shadows lope")
An earlier draft also exists for this poem.

ALL THE CROWD
Alternative title: Untitled ("All the crowd")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("All the crowd") which is the title where the poem was first published.

ALTARS AND JESTERS (1)
Alternate title: AN OPIUM DREAM; A OPIUM DREAM
From a letter to Unknown Recipient, undated, unsent. (“I’m writing mainly to find out ...”)
Included in a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, as "A Opium Dream"
Another Kline listing is "Altars and Jesters"

ALTARS AND JESTERS (2)
Unpublished.
An alternate version, with the last 12 of 16 lines being different, was located in the Glenn Lord Collection.

ALWAYS COMES EVENING

AMBITION
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. early April 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn, you mention ...")

AN AMERICAN
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. December 1928 ("Salaam: / Out in front of Goldstein’s ...")

AN AMERICAN EPIC
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. April 1929 ("Salaam: / The iron harp that Adam christened life ...")

AN ISLE FAR AWAY
  Alternate titles: THERE’S AN ISLE FAR AWAY ON THE BREAST OF THE SEA; Untitled ("There’s an isle far away on the breast of the sea")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("There’s an isle far away on the breast of the sea") which is the title where the poem was first published.

AM-RA THE TA-AN
Unfinished

ANCIENT ENGLISH BALLADEL
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. February 1929 ("Salaam: / Ancient English Balladel")

THE ANCIENT PEOPLE
Alternate titles:  THE TALL MAN ANSWERED; Untitled ("The tall man answered:")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("The tall man answered:") which is the title where the poem was first published.

AND BEOWULF RIDES AGAIN

AND BILL, HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID
Alternative titles: HARD CHOICES; Untitled ("And Bill, he looked at me and said")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("And Bill, he looked at me and said") which is the title where the poem was first published.

AND DEMPSEY CLIMBED INTO THE RING
Alternative title: Untitled ("And Dempsey climbed into the ring and the crowd sneered")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("And Dempsey climbed into the ring and the crowd sneered") which is the title where the poem was first published.

AND MAN WAS GIVEN THE EARTH TO RULE
Alternate Titles: FOR MAN WAS GIVEN THE EARTH TO RULE; THE OLD GODS BROOD

For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under FOR MAN WAS GIVEN THE EARTH TO RULE which is the title where the poem was first published.

AND SO I SANG

AND THERE WERE LETHAL WOMEN
Alternative titles: THE HAREM;  Untitled ("And there were lethal women, flaming ice and fire")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("And there were lethal women, flaming ice and fire") which is the title where the poem was first published.

ANOTHER HYMN OF HATE
Alternate title: ANOTHER HYMN OF HATRED
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.

ANOTHER HYMN OF HATRED
Alternate title: ANOTHER HYMN OF HATE


APOLOGIES
Alternate titles: MATCH A TOAD WITH A FAR-WINGED HAWK; Untitled ("Match a toad with a far-winged hawk")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Match a toad with a far-winged hawk") which is the title where the poem was first published. 

ARCADIAN DAYS
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, August 6, 1926 ("Salaam, sahib; / In the first place ...")

ARKHAM
From a letter to H.P. Lovecraft, December 9, 1931 ("I would have answered ...")
In some of these publications the poem is incorporated into August Derleth’s version of "The House in the Oaks."
In the August Derleth version of "The House in the Oaks," the second and third lines of the poem have been slightly altered from the first published version.


ARTIFICE
Alternate title: Untitled ("All is pose and artifice")

AS I RODE DOWN TO LINCOLN TOWN
Alternate title: Untitled ("As I rode down to Lincoln Town")

AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING
A poem title that is included in a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, but no copy exists today.


AS SAMPSON WAS
A poem title that is included in a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, but no copy exists today.


AS YOU DANCE UPON THE AIR
Alternative title: Untitled ("As you dance upon the air")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("As you dance upon the air") which is the title where the poem was first published. 

ASTARTE’S IDOL STANDS ALONE

AT LEAST NO HYPOCRITE
A poem title that is included in a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, but no copy exists today.


AT RINGSIDE
A poem title that is included in a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, but no copy exists today.


AT THE BAZAAR
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1929 ("Salaam: / Black Dawn")

AT THE INN OF THE GORY DAGGER
Alternative title: Untitled ("At the Inn of the Gory Dagger, with nothing to …")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("At the Inn of the Gory Dagger, with nothing to …") which is the title where the poem was first published.

AT THE SIGN OF THE SILVER SLIPPER
A poem title that is included in a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, but no copy exists today.

ATTILA RIDES NO MORE

AUTHORIAL VERSION OF DUNA
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. May 1932 ("Fear Finn: / Lo, friend, ...")

AUTUMN
Alternate titles: A DREAM OF AUTUMN; THE AUTUMN OF THE WORLD
Originally titled "The Autumn of the World."
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn, tell Cuchullain the Dutchess …")

THE AUTUMN OF THE WORLD
Alternate titles: AUTUMN; A DREAM OF AUTUMN


"AW COME ON AND FIGHT!"
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn, tell Cuchullain the Dutchess ...")


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