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TAKE SOME HONEY FROM A CAT
Alternate title: Untitled ("Take some honey from a cat")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Take some honey from a cat") which is the title where the poem was first published.

THE TALE OF GLORY

THE TALE OF OUR LIVES
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 TALE THE DEAD SLAVER TOLD
Alternate title: THE DEAD SLAVER’S TALE
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under THE DEAD SLAVER’S TALE which is the title where the poem was first published.

THE TALL MAN ANSWERED
Alternate titles: THE ANCIENT PEOPLE; Untitled ("The tall man answered:")
This poem is contained in the story "People of the Winged Skulls"
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.

THE TALL MAN ROSE AND SAID
Alternate titles: A TOAST; Untitled ("The tall man rose and said:")
This poem is contained in the story "People of the Winged Skulls"
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("The tall man rose and said:") which is the title where the poem was first published.

THE TALL MAN SAID
Alternate titles: MEALTIME INVITATION;  Untitled ("The tall man said:")
This poem is contained in the story "People of the Winged Skulls"
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("The tall man said:") which is the title where the poem was first published. 

TARANTELLA
Alternate title: TARENTELLA


TARENTELLA
Alternate title: TARANTELLA
In the first publication of this poem, it was spelled "Tarentella."
This is a misspelling, but we don’t have the original typescript from REH, so we don’t know if it was done by REH or the editors of the school paper.
School papers were notorious for very poor quality typesetting.

THE TARTARRAID
Alternate title: Untitled ("The snow-capped peaks of Ural ...")

THE TAVERN

TELL ME NOT IN COOCOO NUMBERS
Alternate title: Untitled ("Tell me not in coocoo numbers")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Tell me not in coocoo numbers") which is the title where the poem was first published. 

THE TEMPTER
A portion of an earlier draft also exists for this poem.
The full poem contains 40 lines.
The draft version contains 14 lines.

THAT WOMEN MAY SING OF US
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. late 1928 (“Salaam: / I’ll swear, if I’d laughed much more ...”).

THEN STEIN THE PEDDLER WITH RISING JOY
Alternate titles: STEIN THE PEDDLER; Untitled ("Then Stein the peddler with rising joy")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Then Stein the peddler with rising joy") which is the title where the poem was first published.

THERE ARE GRIM THINGS DID
Alternate title: Untitled ("There are grim things did"); THE_BALLAD OF SINGAPORE NELL
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under THE BALLAD OF SINGAPORE NELL which is the title where the poem was first published.

THERE ONCE WAS A WICKED OLD ELF
Alternate titles: THE WICKED OLD ELF;  Untitled ("There once was a wicked old elf")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("There once was a wicked old elf") which is the title where the poem was first published.

THERE WAS AN OLD DICK
Alternate title: Untitled ("There was an old dick")


THERE WERE THREE LADS
Alternate titles: THERE WERE THREE LADSWHO WENT THEIR DESTINED WAYS; Untitled ("There were three lads who went their destined ways")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("There were three lads who went their destined ways") which is the title where the poem was first published.

THERE WERE THREE LADS WHO WENT THEIR DESTINED WAYS
Alternate titles: THERE WERE THREE LADS; Untitled ("There were three lads who went their destined ways")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("There were three lads who went their destined ways") which is the title where the poem was first published. 

THERE’S AN ISLE FAR AWAY ON THE BREAST OF THE SEA
Alternate titles: AN ISLE FAR AWAY; 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 wherethe poem was first published.

THESE THINGS ARE GODS
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.

THEY MATCHED ME UP THAT NIGHT WITH A BIRD THAT WAS A FRIGHT
Alternate titles: FIGHTING THE ANACONDA KID;  Untitled ("They matched me up that night with a bird that was a fright")
For appearances ofthis 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.

THEY WERE THERE, IN THE DISTANCE DREAMING
Alternate titles: MINERS; Untitled ("They were there, in the distance dreaming")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("They were there, in the distance dreaming") which is the title where the poem was first published.

THE THING ON THE ROOF (verse heading, appearances apart from the story)
Alternate titles: OUT OF THE OLD LAND; THE OLD ONES
Attributed to Justin Geoffrey, an REH fictional character; in the published version, the title of the poem is "Out of the Old Land."
In an early draft, it is titled "The Old Ones"; the earlier version has just a couple words different.

THIS IS A YOUNG WORLD
Alternate title: Untitled ("This is a young world")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("This is a young world") which is thetitle where the poem was first published.

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

THOR’S SON
Alternate title: THE RHYME OF THE VIKING PATH
The original title was "The Rhyme of the Viking Path," from a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. May 1930  ("Well, Fear Finn, I was in Brownwood ...").


A THOUSAND YEARS AGO
Alternate title: Untitled ("I was a chief of the Chatagai")

THROUGH THE MISTS OF SILENCE
Alternate titles: THROUGH THE MISTS OF SILENCE THERE CAME A SOUND; Untitled ("Through the mists of silence there came a sound")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Through the mists of silence there came a sound") which is the title where thepoem was first published.

THROUGH THE MISTS OFSILENCE THERE CAME A SOUND
Alternate titles: THROUGH THE MISTS OF SILENCE; Untitled ("Through the mists of silence there came a sound")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Through the mists of silence there came a sound") which is the title where the poem was first published.

THUS SPAKE SVEN THE FOOL

THE TIDE
Alternate titles: TO A WOMAN (3); Untitled ("Thus in my mood I love you")
There exists an original REH typescript, titled "To a Woman," with the author name in the corner of "Patrick Howard."
The pages have been folded, as if inserted into a letter. The title "The Tide" could possibly be by Glenn Lord,
to prevent confusion with the previously published but different poems with the same title.

The last two lines of "The Tide" are not contained in TO A WOMAN (3, "Thus in my mood I love you"). Otherwise, the two poems are identical.
Last two lines of "The Tide":
Tonight, tonight we sever,
For my race is my own race.

TIDES

TIGER GIRL
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.

TIME, THE VICTOR
Alternate title: Untitled ("Swift with your mitts")

THE TIMES, THE TIMES STRIDE ON APACE AND FAST
Alternate titles: OLD MEMORIES OF ADVENTURE; 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 isthe title where the poem was first published.  

TIMUR-IL-LANG
Alternate title: TIMUR-LANG


TIMUR-LANG
Alternate title: TIMUR-IL-LANG
Lines 3, 4, and 6 identical to lines 3, 4, and 10 of "The Sign of the Sickle";
From a letter to Harold Preece, ca. October or early November 1930 ("Well, Harold, I’m sorry to hear your nose ...").

TO A BLASÉ LADY
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.


TO A CERTAIN CULTURED WOMAN
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, undated ("The Seeker thrust ...").

TO A FRIEND

TO A KIND MISSIONARY WOIKER
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.

TO A MODERN YOUNG LADY
Alternate title: TO A WOMAN (1, "Ages ago ...")

"To a Modern Young Lady" contains 10 quatrains.
TO A WOMAN (1, "Ages ago I came to woo") contains 12 quatrains.
Quatrains 7 and 12 in TO A WOMAN (1, "Ages ago I came to woo") are not in "To a Modern Young Lady."

TO A NAMELESS WOMAN
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1928 ("Salaam: / I got such a laugh ...").
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.

TO A ROMAN WOMAN
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. early to mid-1929 ("Salaam: / Life is a yellow mist ...").

TO A WOMAN (1, "Ages ago I came to woo")
Alternate title: TO A MODERN YOUNG LADY
It was included in the proposed poetry collection IMAGES OUT OF THE SKY by REH, Tevis Clyde Smith, and Lenore Preece, titled "To a Modern Young Lady."

"To a Modern Young Lady" contains 10 quatrains.
TO A WOMAN (1, "Ages ago I came to woo") contains 12 quatrains.
Quatrains 7 and 12 in TO A WOMAN (1, "Ages ago I came to woo") are not in "To a Modern Young Lady."

TO A WOMAN (2, "Though fathoms deep ...")
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.

TO A WOMAN (3, "Thus in my mood I love you")
Alternate titles: THE TIDE; Untitled ("Thus in my mood I love you")

The last two lines of "The Tide" are not contained in TO A WOMAN (3, "Thus in my mood I love you"). Otherwise, the two poems are identical.
Last two lines of "The Tide":
Tonight, tonight we sever,
For my race is my own race.


TO ALL LORDS OF COMMERCE
Alternate title: TO ALL THE LORDS OF COMMERCE

TO ALL SOPHISTICATES
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.
There is an alternate version of TO ALL SOPHISTICATES.
Both versions appearin THE COLLECTED POETRY OF REH VOLUME 1 (Second Edition).
There are slight variations between the two versions in Lines 11, 26, 28, 31, 33-36, 42, 45, and 48.
Publication in THE GHOST OCEAN and SELECTED POEMS differ slightly from the Primary version as noted below.


TO ALL THE LORDS OF COMMERCE
Alternate title: TO ALL LORDS OF COMMERCE

TO AN ANGRY WOMAN
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.


TO AN EARTH BOUND SOUL
Alternate title: TO AN EARTH-BOUND SOUL
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under TO AN EARTH-BOUND SOUL which is the title where the poem was first published.

TO AN EARTH-BOUND SOUL
Alternate title: TO AN EARTH BOUNDSOUL
From a letter toUnknown Recipient (likely Tevis Clyde Smith), undated, unsent, ca. probablylate 1928. (“Show this to Truett ...”)
Included in a Kline agency list of REH poems it possessed after REH’s death, titled "To An Earth Bound Soul."

TO CERTAIN ORTHODOX BRETHREN

TO HARRY THE OLIAD MAN
Alternate title: Untitled ("When the first winds of summer ...")

TO LYLE SAXON
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, undated ("Salaam: / There once was a wicked ...").

TO MODERNS
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.

TO ONE TURNED FAITHLESS
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.


TO ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS
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.


TO THECONTENTED
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. April 1929 ("Salaam: / The iron harp that ...").

TO THE EVANGELISTS
Alternate title: THE FLOOD
"The Flood" and "To the Evangelists" are identical.

TO THE OLD MEN
Alternate title: AGE
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.


TO THE STYLISTS

A TOAST
Alternate titles: THE TALL MAN ROSE AND SAID; Untitled ("The tall man rose and said:")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("The tall man rose and said:") which is the title where the poem was first published.


For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Toast to the British! Damn their souls to Hell") which is the title where the poem was first published.

TOAST TO THE BRITISH! DAMN THEIR SOULS TO HELL
Alternate titles: TOAST TO THE BRITISH!; Untitled ("Toast to the British! Damn their souls to Hell")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Toast to the British! Damn their souls to Hell") which is the title where the poem was first published.

TODAY

THE TOM THUMB MOIDER MYSTERY
(verse heading, appearances apart from the story)
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. May 1932 ("Lo, friend, ...").

THE TOOL DRESSER
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.


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

THE TOWER OF ZUKALA
This poem has two versions.
Both versions contain 48 lines.
There is a first published version which has no known draft.
There is a titled final version.

THE TRAIL OF GOLD
Alternate title: Untitled ("Come with me to the Land of Sunrise")

Originally embodied as an untitled verse in an untitled story ("As he approached the two ...").

TREAD NOT WHERE STONY DESERTS HOLD
Alternate title: Untitled ("Tread not where stony deserts hold")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Tread not where ...") which is the title where the poem was first published.


A TRIBUTE TO THE SPORTSMANSHIP OF THE FANS
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn, tell Cuchullain ...").

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

THE TWIN GATES

TWO MEN
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.

TWO WORLDS
 Alternate titles: SAPPHO, THE GRECIAN HILLS ARE GOLD; Untitled ("Sappho, the Grecian hills are gold")
For appearances of this poem, refer to the main verse listing under Untitled ("Sappho, the Grecian hills are gold") which is the title where the poem was first published.




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