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LAUGHTER IN THE GULFS
Alternate title: AN ECHO OF LAUGHTER FROM THE GULFS; VOICES OF THE NIGHT
Verse 3 of 5 of "Voices of the Night"; from a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, undated ("The Seeker thrust . . .") ;
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed, titled as "An Echo of Laughter from the Gulf."

LAUGHTER IN THE NIGHT
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.

THE LEGACY OF TUBAL-CAIN
Alternate title: Untitled ("‘No more!’ they swear . . .")

A LEGEND

A LEGEND OF FARING TOWN
Alternate Title: A RHYME OF FARING TOWN
The title "A Rhyme of Faring Town" is included in a list of REH poems that the Kline agency possessed after REH’s death, there is no known copy of a typescript with the "Legend" title; the Kline list also includes another poem with the title "A Legend of Faring Town", so perhaps alternate versions of the same poems.

L’ENVOI (1, "Live like a wolf then")

L’ENVOI (2, "Harlots and choir girls")

L’ENVOI (3, "Twilight striding o’er the mountain")

LESBIA
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. June 1928 ("Salaam; / Ho, ho, the long lights . . .");
The first two appearances were shorter by a few lines, and a couple words different;
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.

LET IT REST WITH THE AGE MYSTERIES
Alternative title: Untitled ("Let it rest with the ages mysteries")

LET ME LIVE AS I WAS BORN TO LIVE
Alternative title: Untitled ("Let me live as I was born to live")

LET THE GODS DIE

LET US UP IN THE HILLS TOGETHER
Alternative title: Untitled ("Let us up in the hills together")

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

THE LIES

LIFE (1, "About me rise the primal mists")
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. January 1928 ("I wasn’t lying . . .").

LIFE (2, "They bruised my soul . . .")
Alternate title: YOUTH SPOKE – NOT IN ANGER

LIFE IS A CYNICAL, ROMANTIC PIG
Alternative title: Untitled ("Life is a cynical, romantic pig")

LIFE IS A LOT OF HOOEY
Alternative title: Untitled ("Life is a lot of hooey")

LILITH
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. October 1927 ("Salaam: / Seeking cognizance of things . . .").

LIMERICKS TO SPANK BY
Alternate title: Untitled ("There was a young girl from Siberia")
A collection of three five-line limericks.

LINES TO G. B. SHAW
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1932 ("Fear Finn: / Well, I finally get around . . ."), don’t think he liked him.

LINES WRITTEN IN THE REALIZATION THAT I MUST DIE

THE LION OF TIBERIAS (verse heading, appearances apart from the story)

LISTLESSNESS
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.

LITTLE BELL OF BRASS
Alternate title: Untitled ("Tingle, jingle, dingle, tingle . . .")

LITTLE BROWN MAN OF NIPPON
Alternate title: Untitled ("Little brown man from Nippon . . .")

From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. April 1932 ("Fear Finn: / I heard from that bone-crushing . . .")

LIVING MARBLE
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.

LIZZEN MY CHILDREN AND YOU SHALL BE TOLD
Alternative title: Untitled ("Lizzen my children and you shall be told")

LONG AGO (1)
Last line is "Saw you, lighting with surprize."

LONG AGO (2)
A somewhat different version; last line is "Ah, the rose in your dark hair."

THE LONG TRAIL
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.

LONGFELLOW REVISED

LONGING
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.

LOST ALTARS

LOST ANTIQUITY
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.

THE LOST GALLEY

THE LOST MINE
Alternate title: THE LOST SAN SABA MINE

THE LOST SAN SABA MINE
Alternate title: THE LOST MINE; Untitled ("Under the grim San Saba hills")
Originally an untitled poem in a letter to H. P. Lovecraft, April 23, 1933 ("I’m enclosing some of the latest . . .");
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.

LOVE
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. January 1928 ("I wasn’t lying . . .").

LOVE IS SINGING SOFT AND LOW
Alternative title: Untitled ("Love is singing soft and low")

LOVE’S YOUNG DREAM
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed; was included in the proposed poetry collection
IMAGES OUT OF THE SKY by REH, Tevis Clyde Smith, and Lenore Preece.

LUNACY CHANT

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

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