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THE LADDER OF LIFE
Alternate title: Untitled ("Life is a ladder ...")
 

A LADY’S CHAMBER

LALUN OF LUCKNOW
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 LAND OF A GREY DAWN
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 LAND OF MYSTERY (verse heading, appearances apart from the story)

LAND OF THE PIONEER
Alternate title: Untitled ("The wild bees hum ...")


THE LAST DAY
Alternate title: THE LAST HOUR
A slightly different version of "The Last Hour";
Included in a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1931 ("Fear Finn: / Here are the blasted ...").
 

THE LAST HOUR
Alternate title: THE LAST DAY
One of the "Sonnets Out of Bedlam." Almost identical to "The Last Day."
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.


THE LAST TWO TO DIE
Alternate titles: SWORDS GLIMMERED UP THE PASS; Untitled ("Swords glimmered up the pass")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Swords glimmered up the pass") which is the title where the poem was first published.

THE LAST WORDS HE HEARD
Alternate title: Untitled ("The chariots were chanting ...")
Originally untitled from a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. December 1928 ("Salaam: / Out in front of Goldstein’s …").
 

LAUGHTER
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, April 14, 1926 ("Salaam; / Being in an (un)poetical mood ...").


LAUGHTER IN THE GULFS
Alternate titles: 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
Alternate title: Untitled ("Let it rest with the ages mysteries")


LET ME DREAM BY A SILVER STREAM

LET ME LIVE AS I WAS BORN TO LIVE
Alternate title: Untitled ("Let me live as I was born to live")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Let me live as I was born to live") which is the title where the poem was first published.

LET THE GODS DIE
 

LET US UP IN THE HILLS TOGETHER
Alternate 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. probably late 1927, early 1928 ("I wasn’t lying ...").

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

LIFE IS A CYNICAL, ROMANTIC PIG
Alternate title: Untitled ("Life is a cynical, romantic pig")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Life is a cynical, romantic pig") which is the title where the poem was first published.

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


LILITH
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. mid to late-September 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 ...")

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
Alternate titles: LIZZEN MY CHILDREN AND YOU SHALL BE TOLD;  Untitled ("Lizzen my children and you shall be told")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Lizzen my children and you shall be told") which is the title where the poem was first published.

LIZZEN MY CHILDREN AND YOU SHALL BE TOLD
Alternate titles: LIZZEN MY CHILDREN; Untitled ("Lizzen my children and you shall be told")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Lizzen my children and you shall be told") which is the title where the poem was first published.

LONELY NIGHT
 Alternate titles: HE CLUTCHED HIS PENIS TIGHT; Untitled ("He clutched his penis tight")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("He clutched his penis tight") which is the title where the poem was first published.

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

LONG AGO (2)
A somewhat different version; the 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


LOST NISAPUR
Alternate title:   Untitled ("For I have watched the lizards crawl")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under  Untitled ("For I have watched the lizards crawl") which is the title where the poem was first published.

THE LOST SAN SABA MINE
Alternate titles: 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. probably late 1927, early 1928 ("I wasn’t lying ...").
 

LOVE IS SINGING SOFT AND LOW
Alternate title: Untitled ("Love is singing soft and low")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Love is singing soft and low") which is the title where the poem was first published.

LOVE’S YOUNG DREAM
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.
This poem 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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