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ZUKALA’S HOUR
There is an untitled draft that is identical to the Titled version in COLLECTED POETRY.

The first published version ("Singers in the Shadows") differs by one word from the typescript in the Robert E. Howard Newsletter V17N3 version.
In the Newsletter (typescript) version, the last two words in Line 25 are "misty shores."
  In the first published version, the last two words in Line 25 are "mystic shores."

The first published version (Singers in the Shadows) differs by two words from the COLLECTED POETRY, VOLUME 1 (2nd edition) version titled as (first published version, no known draft).
In the COLLECTED POETRY version, the last two words in Line 25 are "ghostly shores".
  In the first published version, the last two words in Line 25 are "mystic shores".
In the COLLECTED POETRY version, the first word in Line 42 is "Mirthless".
  In the first published version, the first word in Line 42 is "Hollow".

The first published version (Singers in the Shadows) differs in four lines from the COLLECTED POETRY version.
Line 14: "bent moon's silver gleam" is replaced by "silver moons agleam"
Line 38: "Blind destiny" is replaced by "That Fate"
Line 43: "pathway" is replaced by "trails"
Line 46: "all heights" is replaced with "heights"

ZUKALA’S JEST

ZUKALA’S LOVE SONG
Alternate title: ZUKALA’S MATING SONG
A titled version is included in a list of REH poems that Kline possessed.

ZUKALA’S MATING SONG
Alternate title: ZUKALA’S LOVE SONG

This is a variant version of the last four stanzas of “Zukala’s Love Song.”

THE ZULU LORD
Alternate title: Untitled ("This is the tale the Kaffirs tell ...")

ZULULAND
Alternate title: Untitled ("This is no land for weaklings, ...")

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