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THE FABLE OF CONCEIT
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.

FABLES FOR LITTLE FOLKS

A FAR COUNTRY
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. late 1928 (“Salaam: / I’ll swear, if I’d laughed much more ...”)

FAR IN THE GLOOMY NORTHLAND
Alternate title: Untitled ("Far in the gloomy northland")

FAREWELL, PROUD MUNSTER
Alternate title: Untitled ("Night in the county of Donegal")

"FEACH AIR MUIR LIONADHI GEALACH BUIDHE MAR OR"

THE FEAR THAT FOLLOWS

THE FEARSOME TOUCH OF DEATH
(verse heading, appearances apart from the story)

FEBRUARY
Alternate titles: PARODY; PARODY ON DESCRIPTION OF JUNE IN "SIR LAUNFAL"

THE FEUD
Alternate title: Untitled ("He did not glance above the trail ...")

For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("They matched me up that night with a bird that was a fright") which is the title where the poem was first published.  

FITZSIMMON’S TALE
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.

FLAMING MARBLE
Alternate title: Untitled ("I carved a woman out of marble when")
Also in a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November-December 1928 ("Salaam: / Heh heh!")
There is also a short prose piece with the same title, but it is a completely different poem.
There is also an alternate version of this poem.
In the alternate version, the 10th line is 'She broke the crystal gong of mortal pride"; and in the 12th line "took" is replaced with "claimed."

FLAPPERS FLICKER AND FLAP AND FLIRT
Alternate titles: FLAPPERS;  Untitled ("Flappers flicker and flap and flirt")

FLIGHT
Alternate title: Untitled ("A jackal laughed from a thicket still, ...")

An early incomplete version is from an untitled draft of the poem that appeared in a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. mid-September 1927 ("Salaam: / Having just got your letter …").
A later incomplete version, also untitled, is from a letter To Unknown Recipient, ca. late 1927, unsent (“Salaam; / Seems that you owe me a letter ...”)
The early incomplete untitled draft consists of lines 1-4, 9-16, 29-40, 45-48.
The later incomplete untitled draft consists of lines 1-16, 29-32, 45-48.

FLINT’S PASSING

THE FLOOD
Alternate title: TO THE EVANGELISTS

THE FOLLOWER

FOR MAN WAS GIVEN THE EARTH TO RULE
Alternate titles: AND MAN WAS GIVEN THE EARTH TO RULE; THE OLD GODS BROOD
Mistakenly listed as "And Man was Given the Earth to Rule" in the Table of Contents of FANTASY BOOK.
This poem was included in the proposed poetry collection IMAGES OUT OF THE SKY by REH, Tevis Clyde Smith, and Lenore Preece, as "For Man Was Given the Earth to Rule."
The title "The Old Gods Brood" is from Glenn Lord, as the first version of this poem he saw as an untitled typescript.
An earlier untitled draft also exists for this poem.
The draft contains one additional line as well as other wording differences.

FOR WHAT IS A MAID TO THE SHOUT OF KINGS?
Alternate title: Untitled ("For what is a maid to the shout of kings?")

For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("For what is a maid to the shout of kings?") which is the title where the poem was first published.

FORBIDDEN MAGIC
This poem was included in the proposed poetry collection IMAGES OUT OF THE SKY by REH, Tevis Clyde Smith, and Lenore Preece.

FORGOTTEN GODS
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.

FRAGMENT

FREEDOM
Alternate title: Untitled ("The world is rife, say I")
The original typescript is untitled. The title is likely from Glenn Lord.

FUTILITY (1, "Golden goats ...")
Alternate title: MOONLIGHT ON A SKULL
"Futility" (1) is virtually identical to "Moonlight on a Skull."

FUTILITY (2, "Time races on ...")

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