The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume 1 (2nd edition) 
The REH Foundation Press
Year :
 October 2022  
Book No. : ISBN-13: 9781955446068 (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781955446075 (Trade paperback)
Edition : Version 2
Format : Hardcover with dust jacket  (6.3 x 9.4 inches)
Trade paperback  (6 x 9 inches)
Pages : xviii plus 423
Cover art : Mark Wheatley
Illustrations : None

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume 1 (2nd edition)


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Edited by Paul Herman



 
Contents (Continued)

SECTION TWO: TITLED DRAFTS
Introductory Sampling
"Marching Song of Connacht" (poem)
"Marching Song of Connacht" (poem, a shorter, titled alternate version included in a letter)
"Flight" (poem)
"Flight" (poem, a partial untitled draft included in a first letter)
"Flight" (poem, a partial untitled draft included in a second letter)
"Musings" (1, poem)
"The Bar by the Side of the Road" (poem)
"The Kiowa’s Tale" (poem)
"Mate of the Sea" (poem)
"Mate of the Sea" (poem, an earlier untitled draft)
"The Day That I Die" (poem)
"A Word from the Outer Dark" (poem)
"The Seven-Up Ballad" (poem)
"The Tempter" (poem)
"The Tempter" (poem, a portion of an earlier draft)
Seeking adventure and freedom
"Men Build Them Houses" (poem)
"To the Old Men" (poem)
"Age" (poem, an earlier version of "To the Old Men")
"A Buccaneer Speaks" (poem)
"The Pirate" (2, poem) (a titled variant version of "A Buccaneer Speaks")
"The Open Window" (poem)
"Yesterdays" (poem)
"The Sea and the Sunrise" (poem)
Fantastical
"The Rhyme of the Three Slavers" (poem)
"Skulls" (poem)
"Skulls" (poem, an earlier untitled quatrain)
"Slumber" (poem)
"Black Mass" (poem)
"Black Mass" (poem, an alternate version)
"The Coming of Bast" (poem)
"The Coming of Bast" (poem, an earlier untitled draft)
"And Beowulf Rides Again" (poem)
"King of the Sea" (poem)
"Lost Altars" (poem)
"The Children of the Night" (poem, verse in an earlier draft of the story)
"Something About Eve" (poem, an essay heading)
"Etchings in Ivory" (poem)
"Flaming Marble" (2, poem)
"Skulls and Orchids" (poem)
"Medallions in the Moon" (poem)
"The Gods that Men Forgot" (poem)
"Bloodstones and Ebony" (poem)
Historical and observational
"Thor’s Son" (poem)
"The End of the Glory Trail" (poem)
"The Builders" (1, poem)
"The Builders" (2, poem)
"The Builders" (3, poem)
"A Dungeon Opens" (poem)
"West" (poem)
"Flint’s Passing" (poem)
"Singing Hemp" (poem)
"Heritage" (2, poem)
"John Ringold" (poem)
"The Peasant on the Euphrates" (poem)
"A Legend" (poem)
"A Song Out of the East" (poem)
"A Song Out of the East" (poem, an earlier untitled draft in a letter)
"The Gods of the Jungle Drums" (poem)
"The Gods of the Jungle Drums" (poem, an earlier untitled draft)
"Swamp Murder" (poem)
"The Wanderer" (poem)
"San Jacinto" (2, poem)
"The Song of the Jackal" (poem)
"The Campus at Midnight" (poem)
"Mihiragula" (poem)
"Belshazzer" (poem)
"Belshazzer" (poem, an alternate version)
"The Jackal" (poem)
"Desert Dawn" (poem)
"The Desert Hawk" (poem)
"Ace High" (poem)
"An Incident of the Muscovy-Turkish War" (poem)
Humor
"The Passionate Typist" (poem)
"When I Was a Youth" (poem)
"The Cooling of Spike McRue" (poem)
"The Whoopansat of Humorous Kookooyam" (poem)
"A Quatrain of Beauty" (poem)
Naughty 
"The Ballad of Singapore Nell" (poem)
"The Ballad of Naughty Nell" (poem, an earlier draft of "The Ballad of Singapore Nell")
"Tiger Girl" (poem)
Darker Moods
"Emancipation" (poem)
"The Road to Hell" (poem)
"A Rattlesnake Sings in the Grass" (poem)
"To All the Lords of Commerce" (poem)
"After a Flaming Night" (poem)
"A Warning" (poem)
"A Warning" (poem, a partial version from a letter)
"A Song for All Women" (poem)
"Visions" (poem)
"And So I Sang" (poem)
"To the Stylists" (poem)
Index
Primary Poetry Index
Alternate Title Index
First Line Index





Contents
"The Poetry of Robert E. Howard" by Paul Herman (Introduction)
"Foreword" by Paul Herman
Acknowledgements
SECTION ONE: FINISHED AND PROFESSIONAL
Collections – Singers in the Shadows
"Zukala’s Hour" (poem)
"Zukala’s Hour" (poem, first published version, no known draft)
"Night Mood" (poem)
"The Sea-Woman" (poem)
"The Bride of Cuchulain" (poem)
"The Stranger" (poem)
"Shadows" (2, poem)
"Rebel" (poem)
"Rebel" (poem, an earlier untitled draft)
"White Thunder" (poem)
"The Men That Walk with Satan" (poem)
"The Men That Walk with Satan" (poem, a shorter, untitled version included in a letter)
"Thus Spake Sven the Fool" (poem)
"Sacrifice" (poem)
"The Witch" (poem)
"The Lost Galley" (poem)
"Hadrian’s Wall" (poem)
"Attila Rides No More" (poem)
"The Fear That Follows" (poem)
"Destination" (poem)
"The Tavern" (poem)
"The Twin Gates" (poem)
Collections – Images Out of the Sky
"Reuben’s Brethren" (poem)
"A Riding Song" (poem)
"Reuben’s Birthright" (poem)
"The Skull in the Clouds" (poem, a published alternate version of “Reuben’s Birthright”, no known draft)
"Heritage" (1, poem)
"An Echo from the Iron Harp" (poem)
"An Echo from the Iron Harp" (poem, an earlier untitled draft)
"Castaway" (poem)
"The Road to Rest" (poem)
"Surrender" (1, poem, a variant version of "The Road to Rest")
"To a Modern Young Lady" (poem)
"To a Woman" (poem, the second draft of "To a Modern Young Lady")
"To a Woman" (poem, the first draft of "To a Modern Young Lady")
"Love’s Young Dream" (poem)
"Black Michael’s Story" (poem)
"Black Michael’s Story" (poem, an earlier untitled draft)
"A Son of Spartacus" (poem)
"Hate’s Dawn" (poem, an earlier shorter version of "A Son of Spartacus")
"Man, the Master" (poem)
"For Man Was Given the Earth to Rule" (poem)
"For Man Was Given the Earth to Rule" (poem, an earlier untitled draft)
"Shadows on the Road" (poem)
"Forbidden Magic" (poem)
"The Gates of Nineveh" (poem)
Cycles – Sonnets out of Bedlam
"The Singer in the Mist" (poem)
"The Singer in the Mist" (poem, an earlier untitled draft)
"The Dream and the Shadow" (poem)
"The Dream and the Shadow" (poem, an earlier untitled draft)
"The Soul-Eater" (poem)
"Haunting Columns" (poem)
"The Last Hour" (poem)
Cycles – The Voices in the Night aka The Iron Harp (1)
"The Voices Waken Memory" (poem)
"Babel" (poem)
"Laughter in the Gulfs" (poem)
"Moon Shame" (poem)
"A Crown for a King" (poem)
"A Crown for a King" (poem, an alternate version)
Cycles – Black Dawn
"Shadows" (1, poem)
"Clouds" (poem)
"Shrines" (poem)
"The Iron Harp" (2, poem)
"Invocation" (poem)
Cycles – Poetry Journals, etc.
"A Lady’s Chamber" (poem)
"Skulls and Dust" (poem)
"Tides" (poem)
"Red Thunder" (poem)
"Dreaming on Downs" (poem)
"Dreaming on Downs" (poem, an earlier draft)
"Empire’s Destiny" (poem)
"Empire’s Destiny" (poem, an alternate version)
"Flaming Marble" (1, poem)
"Rebellion" (poem)
"Shadow of Dreams" (poem)
"To a Woman" (2, poem)
"One Who Comes at Eventide" (poem)
"Always Comes Evening" (poem)
Poetry in the Pulps
"Kid Lavigne is Dead" (poem)
"The Song of the Bats" (poem)
"The Song of the Bats" (poem, the rhyming pattern)
"The Ride of Falume" (poem)
"The Riders of Babylon" (poem)
"Remembrance" (poem)
"An Open Window" (poem)
"The Harp of Alfred" (poem)
"Easter Island" (poem)
"Crete" (poem)
"Moon Mockery" (poem)
"The Moor Ghost" (poem)
"Dead Man’s Hate" (poem)
"Sang the King of Midian" (poem)
"Black Chant Imperial" (poem)
"The Song of a Mad Minstrel" (poem)
"Arkham" (poem)
"The Last Day" (poem)
"A Dream of Autumn" (poem)
"Moonlight on a Skull" (poem)
    Poetry in Pulp Stories
"The Phoenix on the Sword" (poem, chapter headings)
"The Scarlet Citadel" (poem, chapter headings)
"Queen of the Black Coast" (poem, chapter headings)
"The Pool of the Black One" (poem, story heading)
"Rogues in the House" (poem, story heading)
"The Blood of Belshazzar" (poem, story heading)
"The Lion of Tiberias" (poem, story heading)
"Red Blades of Black Cathay" (poem, story heading)
"The Fearsome Touch of Death" (poem, story heading)
"The Thing on the Roof" (poem, story heading)
"Kings of the Night" (poem, story heading)
"The Black Stone" (poem, story heading)
"Oh, the Road to Glory Lay" (poem, contained in "The Pit of the Serpent")
"I Call the Muster of Iron Men" (poem, contained in "Crowd-Horror")
Ready to send drafts
"The Adventurer" (poem)
"Up John Kane!" (poem)
"The King and the Oak" (poem)
"Recompense" (poem)
"The Tower of Zukala" (poem)
"The Tower of Zukala" (poem, an alternate published version, no known draft)
"Zukala’s Jest" (poem)
"Ghost Dancers" (poem)
"The Adventurer’s Mistress" (1, poem)
"The Adventurer’s Mistress" (1, poem, an earlier untitled draft)
"The Sea Girl" (poem)
"Romance" (1, poem)
"Romance" (poem, an earlier untitled draft)
"A Moment" (poem)
"Skulls Over Judah" (poem)
"Buccaneer Treasure" (poem)
"Buccaneer Treasure" (poem, an earlier untitled draft)
"Viking’s Trail" (poem)
"The Poets" (poem)
"The Poets" (poem, an alternate version)
"A Pirate Remembers" (poem)
"The Hills of Kandahar" (poem)
"Hy-Brasil" (poem)
"Hy-Brasil" (poem, the untitled second draft)
"The Isle of Hy-Brasil" (poem, the titled first draft of "Hy-Brasil")
"The Sign of the Sickle" (poem)
"To All Sophisticates" (poem)
"To All Sophisticates" (poem, an alternate version)
"Age Comes to Rabelais" (poem)
"To a Woman" (3, poem)
"Youth Spoke – Not in Anger" (poem, a variant version of "Youth Spoke – Not in Anger")
"Life" (2, poem)
"Lilith" (poem)
"Today" (poem)
"The Road to Yesterday" (poem)
Ready to send poetry in pulp stories
"The Hour of the Dragon" (poem, story heading)
"Men of the Shadows" (poem, story heading)
"Chant of the White Beard" (poem, an untitled poem in "Men of the Shadows")
"Rune" (poem, an untitled poem in "Men of the Shadows")
"Rune" (poem, an earlier handwritten draft)
"The Race Without Name" (poem, an untitled poem in "Men of the Shadows")
"Song of the Pict" (poem, an untitled poem in "Men of the Shadows")
"The Road of Azrael" (poem, chapter headings)
"The Screaming Skull of Silence" (poem, story heading)
"Sword Woman" (poem, chapter headings)
"Kelly the Conjure-Man" (poem, story heading)