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O THE BRAVE SEA-ROVER
Alternate title: Untitled ("Ah, the rover hides ...")

THE OAKS
Alternate title: Untitled ("The great gray oaks ...")

AN OATH
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.


OCEAN-THOUGHTS
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, August 21, 1926 ("Bohut salaam, sahib: / I think you owe me ...").

THE ODYSSEY OF ISRAEL
Alternate title: Untitled ("Moses was our leader ...")
Selections from a projected longer work, originally untitled from a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1928 ("Salaam: / Glad you’re writing ..."), in multiple parts.

OH BABYLON, LOST BABYLON
Alternate title: EMPIRE’S DESTINY
"Empire’s Destiny" is a slightly different version.
Its appearances are listed under the title.
It is one line longer and two of the lines contain a single changed word.
In Line 11: "whirled" versus "hurled"
2nd from the last line: "rhymers" versus "poets"


OH, THE ROAD TO GLORY LAY
Alternate title:  Untitled ("Oh, the road to glory lay")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Oh, the road to glory lay") which is the title where the poem was first published.

OH, WE ARE LITTLE CHILDREN
Alternate titles: OH, WE ARE LITTLE CHILDREN, MARCHING ON TO HELL; Untitled ("Oh, we are little children, marching on to Hell")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Oh, we are little children, marching on to Hell!") which is the title where the poem was first published.

OH, WE ARE LITTLE CHILDREN, MARCHING ON TO HELL
Alternate titles: OH, WE ARE LITTLE CHILDREN; Untitled ("Oh, we are little children, marching on to Hell")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Oh, we are little children, marching on to Hell!") which is the title where the poem was first published.

OLD BALLAD
Alternate title: THE SCARLET CITADEL (verse heading for Chapters 1 and 3)


OLD FARO BILL
Alternate title: Untitled ("Old Faro Bill was a man of might")
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1928 ("Heh heh! At last I’ve sold ...").

For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Old Faro Bill was a man of might") which is the title where the poem was first published.



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.

OLD MAN JACOBSON


OLD MEMORIES OF ADVENTURE
 Alternate titles: THE TIMES, THE TIMES STRIDE ON APACE AND FAST; Untitled ("The times, the times stride on apace and fast")
 
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("The times, the times stride on apace and fast") which is the title where the poem was first published.

THE OLD ONES
Alternate titles: THE THING ON THE ROOF (verse heading); OUT OF THE OLD LAND


OLD RIME
Alternate title: ROGUES IN THE HOUSE (verse heading, appearances apart from the story)


ON THE BEACH
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.


ON WITH THE PLAY
Alternate title: Untitled ("Up with the curtain, lo, ...")

THE ONE BLACK STAIN
A first and second draft of this poem exists.
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.


ONE BLOOD STAIN
Alternate title: "One Blood Strain"
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. September 1932 ("Fear Finn: / You owe me a letter ...").
The poem is titled "One Blood Stain" in the letter.

ONE BLOOD STRAIN
Alternate title: "One Blood Stain"
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under "One Blood Stain" which is the title where the poem was first published.


ONE WHO COMES AT EVENTIDE

ONLY A SHADOW ON THE GRASS
Alternate title: Untitled ("The tribes of men rise up and pass")

AN OPEN WINDOW
In some of these publications the poem is incorporated into August Derleth’s version of "The House in the Oaks."


THE OPEN WINDOW

A OPIUM DREAM
Alternate titles: ALTARS AND JESTERS; AN OPIUM DREAM
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under ALTARS AND JESTERS which is the title where the poem was first published.

AN OPIUM DREAM
Alternate titles: ALTARS AND JESTERS; A OPIUM DREAM
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under ALTARS AND JESTERS which is the title where the poem was first published.

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

OUT IN FRONT OF GOLDSTEIN’S, OVER BY THE LOOP
Alternate titles: DANCING AT GOLDSTEIN'S;  Untitled ("Out in front of Goldestein’s, over by the Loop")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Out in front of Goldestein’s, over by the Loop") which is the title where the poem was first published.

OUT OF ASIA
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Out of Asia the tribesmen came") which is the title where the poem was first published.

OUT OF ASIA THE TRIBESMEN CAME
Alternate titles: OUT OF ASIA; Untitled ("Out of Asia the tribesmen came")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Out of Asia the tribesmen came") which is the title where the poem was first published.

OUT OF THE DEEP (Part 1 of 5 of THE IRON HARP (2) cycle)
Alternate titles: THE VOICES WAKEN MEMORY; A DRUM BEGINS TO THROB
In a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, the poem title is listed as "A Drum Begins to Throb."

OUT OF THE OLD LAND
Alternate titles: THE THING ON THE ROOF (verse heading); THE OLD ONES


THE OUTBOUND 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.


THE OUTCAST
Alternate title: Untitled ("Forth from the purple ...")

THE OUTGOING OF SIGURD THE JERUSALEM-FARER
Title included in a list of REH poems that the Kline agency possessed after REH’s death.

AN OUTWORN STORY
Alternate title: Untitled ("There come long days ...")

OVER THE OLD RIO GRANDEY
Alternate title: Untitled ("Over the old Rio Grandey")


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