# Robert E. Howard bibliography (poems A–H)

A list of poems by Robert E. Howard (1906–1936), an American writer and poet in early 20th century Texas. His love of poetry came from being read to by his mother at a young age. However, his attempts to make a living by poetry were unsuccessful and he is today most remembered for his short stories and fiction. Nevertheless, Howard wrote hundreds of poems; many were published within his lifetime and the others published after his 1936 suicide.
* Key
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I–O
* P–Z
* Prose bibliography
* See also
* References
* Notes
* External links

## Key

| Title | Lines | Opening line | Place of publication | Publication date | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | References |
| The title of the poem | # | The text of the first known line in the poem | The book or magazine in which the poem was first published | The date on which the poem was first published | Any alternative titles by which the poem is also known | Links to online texts where available | Further information about the poem | Bibliographic sources |
| An alternative title for the poem | | | | | The main title of the poem | | | |
The lack of information in a column does not necessarily mean that the information does not exist, only that verifiable information is not currently available. For example, the lack of publication information does not necessarily mean that a poem has not been published to date, nor does the lack of a definite note about the public domain indicate that a poem is still under copyright.
This table may be sorted by different columns by clicking on the icon in the appropriate column. Clicking the icon again will alternate between ascending and descending order.

### Additional notes

Title/Alternative title: Some poems are known by multiple titles. Alternative titles are shown in the column of the same name. Every effort has been made to list full information at all entries for each title, to save the user time in scrolling. Occasionally, alternative titles appear consecutively, in which case the second entry will follow without additional information, shown in a darker gray on the table. In other cases, some poems were not titled by Howard or the original title has not survived. Some poems have been given tentative titles after Howard's death; this is indicated in the Notes column. Where multiple titles exist, they have been listed alphabetically by their various designations following the word "Untitled." Some pieces of poetry were used by Howard as epigraphs within his stories. Lord (1976) listed these poems under the title of the short story rather than the title of the poem itself, so the poems are listed under those titles as well. With epigraphs, the first publication information given in this table is that of the poem's first printing separated from the story.
Lines: The number of lines in the poem.
Source text: Links given in the Source Text column are to copies of the poem in online libraries (where available). For ease of browsing the table, these links are preceded by a small icon. For example, for poems on Wikisource.
References: Bibliographic references are given in the final column of each row. The exception to this is the Notes column; as notes may come from diverse sources, or from a separate part of one of the main sources, each individual note is followed by its own reference.

## Poetry

| Title | Lines | Opening line | Place of publication | Publication date | Alternative title(s) | Source text | Notes | References |
| Abe Lincoln | 34 | Your only excuse, Abe Lincoln | Shadows of Dreams | 1989 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. May 1932 (Herman 2006, p. 147) The second of "Three Sketches" | Herman 2006, p. 147 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Ace High | 16 | Slim white fingers | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 147 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Across the wastes of No Man's Land ... | 28 | Across the wastes of No Man's Land, the grey-clad slayers came | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled: No Man's Land | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 308) | Lord 1976, p. 308 Herman 2006, p. 188 |
| Actor, The | 12 | I am an actor and have been an actor from birth | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled (I am an actor ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 300) | Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 147 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Adam's loins were mountains | 40 | Adam's loins were mountains | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | Untitled: Adam's loins were mountains | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 217); PD | Herman 2006, p. 217 |
| Adventure (1) | 21 | Adventure, I have followed your beck | Omniumgathum | 1976 | Untitled ("Adventure, I have followed your beck") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 300); An early work (Lord 1976, p. 300) | Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 147 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Adventure (2) | 4 | I am the spur | The Cross Plainsman | 2004 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 148); PD | Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Adventurer | 4 | My feet are set on the outward trails | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 148); PD | Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Adventurer, The | 44 | Dusk on the sea; the fading twilight shifts | The Grim Land and Others | 1976 | | Wikisource | PD | Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Adventurer's Mistress, The (1) | 64 | The scarlet standards of the sun | The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems of the Supernatural | 1982 | Untitled ("The scarlet standards of the sun") | | a draft version with a different 4th stanza is found in the notes of COLLECTED POETRY | Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Adventurer's Mistress, The (2) | 110 | The fogs of night | Magira #38 | Spring 1992 | Dance with Death, The | | From an undated enclosure with a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith; German (Herman 2006, p. 160) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 160 |
| Adventures | 8 | Scarlet and gold are the stars tonight | The Cross Plainsman | August 2004 (last four lines only) / The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 (first full appearance) | Untitled: Scarlet and gold are the stars tonight | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 148); PD | Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Affair at the Tavern, The | 61 | Trailing dusk, and a coach-and-four | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| After a Flaming Night | 24 | Kissing the lips of the morning | Weirdbook #9 | 1975 | Mark of the Beast | | This poem is at the start of Act II, Scene ii of "Songs of Bastards"; From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1929 | Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| After the trumps are sounded | 8 | After the trumps are sounded | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: After the trumps are sounded | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. September 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 218); PD | Herman 2006, p. 218 |
| Against the blood red moon a tower stands | 8 lines, plus a 142-word prose introduction | Against the blood red moon a tower stands | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: Against the blood red moon a tower stands | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. Aug/Sep 1927 (Herman 2006, p. 218); PD | Herman 2006, p. 218 |
| Age | 20 | Age sat on his high throne | The Junto / The Howard Collector | Sep 1928 / Spring 1971 | To the Old Men (two slightly variant versions) | | Conflict: Lord (1976, p. 169), The Howard Collector, 1971/Herman (2006, p. 148), The Junto, 1928 | Lord 1976, p. 169 Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Age Comes to Rabelais | 12 | Judas Iscariot, Saul and Cain | The Howard Collector | Summer 1966 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 169 Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Ages Stride on Golden Feet, The | 6 | The ages stride on golden feet | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | | Untitled ("The ages stride on golden feet") | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 300) | Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Ah, I know black queens ... | 34 | Ah, I know black queens whose passions blaze | Risque Stories #1 | Mar 1984 | Strange Passion | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 311) | Lord 1976, p. 311 Herman 2006, p. 211 |
| Ah, the rover hides | 4 | Oh, the rover hides in Aves when he runs | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | | Untitled: O THE BRAVE SEA-ROVER | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 308); An early work (Lord 1976, p. 308) | Lord 1976, p. 308 Herman 2006, p. 189 |
| Ah, those were glittering, jeweled days | 12 | Ah, those were glittering, jeweled days | Night Images | 1976 | Days of Glory | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 302) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 161 |
| Alamo, The | 6 | For days they ringed us with the flame | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 148); PD | Herman 2006, p. 148 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Alien | 16 | My brothers are blond and calm of speech | Verses in Ebony | 1975 | Untitled ("My brothers are blond and calm of speech") | | Tentative title | Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, pp. 148–149 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| All Day | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| All Hallows Eve | 18 | Now anthropoid and leprous shadows lope | Amazing Stories | Mar 1986 | Untitled ("Now anthropoid and leprous shadows lope") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 300) | Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 149 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| All is pose and artifice | 4 | All is pose and artifice | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Artifice | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 300) | (Lord 1976, p. 300) Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| All men look at Life and all look differently | 4 | All men look at Life and all look differently | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Perspective | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 308) | Lord 1976, p. 308 Herman 2006, p. 192 |
| All the crowd | 20 | All the crowd | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: ("All The Crowd") | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, October 9, 1925 (Herman 2006, p. 218); PD | Herman 2006, p. 218 |
| Altars and Jesters | 100 | God is God and Mahommed his prophet | Altars and Jesters | 1974 | An Opium Dream; A Opium Dream | | | Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 149 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Always Comes Evening | 20 | Riding down the road at evening with the stars for steed and shoon | The Phantagraph | Aug 1936 | | Wikisource | PD | Lord 1976, p. 170 Herman 2006, p. 149 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Ambition | 9 | Build me a gibbet against the sky | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: 1930-1932 | Oct 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. April 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 149); PD | Herman 2006, p. 149 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| American, An | 36 | Sing of my ancestors! | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. December 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 149); PD | Herman 2006, p. 149 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| American Epic, An | 8 | The autumn sun was gettin' low, the day was mighty windy | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. April 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 149); PD | Herman 2006, p. 149 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Am-ra stood on a mountain height | 5 | Am-ra stood on a mountain height | Kull: Exile of Atlantis | Oct 2006 | Untitled: Summer Morn | Wikisource | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 311); PD | Lord 1976, p. 311 Herman 2006, p. 212 |
| Am-ra the Ta-an | 72 | Out of the land of the morning sun | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | | | Unfinished (Lord 1976, p. 300); An early work (Lord 1976, p. 300) | Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 149 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| The Amsterdam Maid | (4 2-line verses with identical alternating refrains following each, plus a 2-line chorus after each verse) | ("In Amsterdam I met a maid ...") | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2JO-i2aPs8; http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=5070 | Mnemonic reconstruction Letter: Robert W. Gordon, March 17, 1927; NOT INCLUDED IN COLLECTED POETRY | |
| The ancient boast, the ancient song | 12 | The ancient boast, the ancient song | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled: The House of Gael | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 307) | Lord 1976, p. 307 Herman 2006, p. 174 |
| Ancient English Balladel | 34 | O come, friend Dick, go whoring with me! | Lewd Tales | 1987 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. February 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 150) | Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| And Beowulf Rides Again | 24 | Thunder white on a golden track | Spoor Anthology #1 | 1974 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| And Bill, he looked at me and said ... (Title not Howard's) | | And Bill, he looked at me and said ... | The Right Hook vol. 1, #2 | 1925 | Untitled: And Bill, he looked at me and said ... | | | Herman 2006, p. 218 |
| And Dempsey climbed into the ring and the crowd sneered (Title not Howard's) | 6 | And Dempsey climbed into the ring and the crowd sneered | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | Untitled: And Dempsey climbed into the ring and the crowd sneered | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, July 16, 1925 (Herman 2006, p. 218); PD; introduced with the line "In Carl S.'s style" (presumably Sandberg) | Herman 2006, p. 218 |
| And Man Was Given the Earth to Rule | 44 | The mallet clashes on the nail | Fantasy Book #21 | September 1986 | For Man Was Given the Earth to Rule; The Old Gods Brood | | Listed as "And . . ." in Fantasy Book;"The Old Gods Brood" is from Glenn Lord's title to an untitled typescript. | Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| And so his boyhood wandered into youth | 35 | And so his boyhood wandered into youth | Weird Tales | Dec 1937 | Fragment | Wikisource | In SELECTED POEMS the first line is used as the title; the poem is not an unfinished fragment, as many Howard works are designated, but was actually titled "Fragment" in its first publication | Lord 1976, p. 175 Herman 2006, p. 169 Howard & Burke (2008, p. x) |
| And So I Sang | 10 | They bade me sing, but all I could sing, in the glory and the shine | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| And there were lethal women, flaming ice and fire | 8 | And there were lethal women, flaming ice and fire | Yesteryear #4 | Oct 1989 | Untitled: And there were lethal women, flaming ice and fire | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. February 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 219) | Herman 2006, pp. 218–219 |
| Another Hymn of Hate | 18 | No heavens for me with their streets of gold and harps electroplated | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Another Hymn of Hatred | | Pen name: Patrick Howard (Lord 1976, p. 299) | Lord 1976, p. 299 Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Apeneck Sweeney spreads his knees | 7 | Apeneck Sweeney spreads his knees | private | 1930 (?) | | | According to Rusty Burke's "The Robert E. Howard Bookshelf" webpage, REH was acquainted with T. S. Eliot's "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and gave a copy of an unnumbered copy (from a 1930 edition of 1200) of The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter to his friend Clyde Smith with this inscription, citing the first stanza of the poem from memory, with the usual inevitable discrepancies. to his friend Clyde Smith with this rhymed inscription. | cited by Barbara Barrett in "Robert E. Howard and the Issue of Racism: The African and African-American Poems — Part 4" on the REH—Two-Gun Raconteur website, JA 12, 2012 |
| Arcadian Days | 95 | Back in days of green Arcady when the world was young and free | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, August 6, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 150); PD | Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Arkham | 4 | Drowsy and dull with ages the houses blink | Weird Tales | Aug 1932 | | | Letter: H. P. Lovecraft, December 9, 1931 | (Lord 1976, p. 170) Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Artifice | 4 | All is pose and artifice | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("All is pose and artifice") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 300) | (Lord 1976, p. 300) Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| As a great spider grows to monstrous girth | 14 | As a great spider grows to monstrous girth | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Ju-ju Doom | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 307) | Lord 1976, p. 307 Herman 2006, p. 176 |
| As I Rode Down to Lincoln Town | 4 | As I rode down to Lincoln town beneath a copper moon | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Rhyme of Salem Town, A | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 300) | Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| "As I went down to Salem town ..." | 74 | As I went down to Salem town, I met good Mistress Meek | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("As I went down to Salem town ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 309) | Lord 1976, p. 309 Herman 2006, p. 197 |
| As It Was In the Beginning | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| As Sampson Was | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| As you dance upon the air | 7 | As you dance upon the air | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled: As you dance upon the air | | Incomplete, only the final seven lines survive (Lord 1976, p. 312) | Lord 1976, p. 312 Herman 2006, p. 219 |
| Astarte's Idol Stands Alone | 18 | Astarte's idol stands alone | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 300 Herman 2006, p. 150 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| At Least No Hypocrite | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| At Ringside | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| At the Bazaar | 20 | There breaks in the bazaar of Zanzibar | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, C. March 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 151); PD | Herman 2006, p. 151 |
| At the Inn of the Gory Dagger, with nothing to... | 56 | At the Inn of the Gory Dagger, with nothing to... | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: At the Inn of the Gory Dagger | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. February 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 219); PD | Herman 2006, pp. 218–219 |
| At the Sign of the Silver Slipper | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Attila Rides No More | 18 | Across the silent sands we sprang | Singers in the Shadows | 1970 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 170 Herman 2006, p. 151 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Authorial Version of Duna | 16 | When I was a little lad | Robert E. Howard: Selected Letters: 1931-1936 | 1991 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, C. May 1932 (Herman 2006, p. 151); "Duna" was a then-popular poem by Marjorie Pickthall (1883–1922) about an old sailor happy to come back home to Duna | Herman 2006, p. 151 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Autumn | 12 | Now is the lyre of Homer flecked with rust | Weird Tales | April 1933 | A Dream of Autumn; The Autumn of the World | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, C. March 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 151); Originally titled "The Autumn of the World" | Lord 1976, p. 170 Herman 2006, p. 151 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| Autumn of the World, The | 12 | Now is the lyre of Homer flecked with rust | Weird Tales | April 1933 | Autumn; The Dream of Autumn | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, C. March 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 151); Originally titled "The Autumn of the World" | Herman 2006, p. 151 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| "Aw Come On and Fight!" | 24 | His first was a left that broke my nose | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: 1930-1932 | Oct 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. March 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 151); PD | Herman 2006, p. 151 Thom, Herman & Woods, § A |
| "Away in the dusky barracoon" | 88 | Away in the dusty barracoon | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Cornish Jack; Untitled ("Away in the dusky barracoon") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 302) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Baal | 57 | My name is Baal; I walked the earth of yore | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("My name is Baal ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 301) | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 151 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Baal-pteor | 6 | High on his throne Baal-pteor sat | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("High on his throne Baal-Pteor sat") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 301) | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 151 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Babel | 19 | Now in the gloom the pulsing drums repeat | The Fantasy Fan | Jan 1935 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, undated (Herman 2006, p. 152); PD | Lord 1976, p. 170 Herman 2006, pp. 151–152 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Babylon—draft | 10 | For I have watched the lizards crawl through high Belshazzer's marble hall ..." | | | | | | |
| Babylon | 16 | For I have seen the lizards crawl | Always Comes Evening | 1957 | Untitled ("For I have seen the lizards crawl") | | Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 171) | Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 152 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Babylon has fallen | 14 | Babylon has fallen, has fallen, has fallen | Up John Kane! and Other Poems | 1977 | Dreams | | | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 163 |
| Ballad of Abe Slickemmore, The | 4 | Guzzle your beer, you lazy louse! | The Cross Plainsman | Aug 2004 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 152); PD | Herman 2006, p. 152 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Ballad of Baibars, The | 15 | Iron winds and ruin and flame | Echoes From An Iron Harp | 1972 | The Sowers of the Thunder (in truncated version); Untitled: "Fill up my goblet" | | Epigraph: The Sowers of the Thunder (Lord 1976, p. 206) | Lord 1976, p. 206 Herman 2006, pp. 152, 211 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Ballad of Beer, A | 28 | I was once, I declare, a grog-shop man | Shadows of Dreams | 1989 | Untitled ("I was once, I declare, a grog-shop man") | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. July 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 152); Originally untitled (Herman 2006, p. 152) | Herman 2006, p. 152 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Ballad of Buckshot Roberts, The | 56 | Buckshot Roberts was a Texas man | Rhymes of Death | 1975 | The Ballad of Bucksnort Roberts | | Incorrectly titled "Ballad of Bucksnort Roberts" in its first appearance; Buckshot Roberts was a historical figure, involved in the Lincoln County War, famous for holing up in a cabin and shooting it out with an entire posse, getting killed, naturally Herman 2006, p. 152. | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 152 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Ballad of Bucksnort Roberts, The | | | | | The Ballad of Buckshot Roberts | | | Herman 2006, p. 152 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Ballad of Dark Agnes, The | 4 | Her sisters bend above their looms | n/a | n/a | Alternate title: verse heading for Chapter 4 of "Sword Woman" | | Epigraph: Sword Woman (Lord 1976, p. 315) Never published separately from the story (Herman 2006, p. 152) | Lord 1976, p. 315 Herman 2006, p. 152 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Ballad of Insanity, A | 8 | Adam was my ball-and-chain | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 152); PD | Herman 2006, p. 152 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Ballad of King Geraint, The | 1,046 | This is the tale of a nameless fight | The Ballad of King Geraint | 1989 | Untitled ("This is the tale of a nameless fight") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 301); Title provided by Lenore Preece (Herman 2006, p. 153); Letter: Harold Preece, January 4, 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 153) | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Ballad of Monk Kickawhore, The | 84 | My brother, he was a keg of beer | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 153); PD | Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Ballad of Naughty Nell, The | 26 | There are deeds done in the East, my son, where women are bold and bad | | | The Ballad of Singapore Nell | | | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Ballad of Nell of Singapore, The | | There are dark deeds done in the East, my son | | | The Ballad of Singapore Nell | | | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Ballad of Singapore Nell, The | 26 | There are grim things did, in the East, old kid | Chacal #1 | Winter 1976 | The Ballad of Naughty Nell and The Ballad of Singapore Nell | | draft from an undated letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, significantly different from the version published in CHACAL and DESIRE; the original typescript version is used for COLLECTED POETRY | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Ballade | 20 | Shattered shards of a broken shrine | Shadows of Dreams | 1989 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, undated (Herman 2006, p. 153) | Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Bandit, The | 31 | Out of the Texas desert, over the Rio Grande | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("Out of the Texas desert ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 301); An early work (Lord 1976, p. 301) | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Bar By the Side of the Road, The | 24 | There are liquorless souls that follow paths | The Howard Collector #17 | Autumn 1972 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Baron and the Wench, The | 20 | The baron quaffed a draught of wine | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Baron and the Wench, The; Untitled ("The baron quaffed a draught of wine ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 301); Unfinished (Lord 1976, p. 301)/(Herman 2006, p. 153) | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| The Baron of Fenland ... | 19 | The Baron of Fenland sat at ease ... | American and European Manuscripts and Printed Books | 19 December 1986 | Untitled: The Baron of Fenland ... | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. September 1927 (Herman 2006, p. 219); Also written on the endpapers of a copy of Beau Geste (Herman 2006, p. 219) | Herman 2006, p. 219 |
| "The baron quaffed a draught of wine ..." | 20 | The baron quaffed a draught of wine | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Baron and the Wench, The; Untitled ("The baron quaffed a draught of wine ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 301); Unfinished (Lord 1976, p. 301)/(Herman 2006, p. 153) | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Bast | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Batter the Bars | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| A beggar, singing without | 14 | A beggar, singing without | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: A beggar, singing without | | Excerpted from the verse play "Songs of Bastards" Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. March 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 219) | Herman 2006, p. 219 |
| Bell of Morni, The | 24 | There's a bell that hangs in a hidden cave | Bran Mak Morn — The Last King | 2001 | Untitled ("There's a bell that hangs in a hidden cave") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 301) | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 153 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| The Belle of Edinburgh Town | 56 | ("Come all you pretty maidens ...") | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | | https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=caroline+of+edinburgh | Mnemonic reconstruction of "Caroline of Edinburgh Town"; Letter: Robert W. Gordon, April 9, 1926; NOT INCLUDED IN COLLECTED POETRY | |
| Belshazzar | 6 | Slow through the streets of Babylon he went | The Howard Collector | Summer 1964 | Belshazzer | | Letter: Harold Preece, c. Oct/Nov 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 154) | Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 154 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Belshazzer | | | | | Belshazzar | | Title used in original letter to Harold Preece (Herman 2006, p. 154) | Herman 2006, p. 154 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Belshazzar's Dream | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Beneath The South Sea Moon | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Benny Leonard | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Bill Boozy was a pirate bold | 8 | Bill Boozy was a pirate bold | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: Bill Boozy was a pirate bold | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. July 30, 1923 (Herman 2006, p. 217); PD | Herman 2006, p. 219 |
| Black Chant Imperial | 24 | Trumpets triumph in red disaster | Weird Tales | Sep 1930 | | | Shares lines with Empire (lines 1-4, 9-12- 21-32 & 37-40) (Lord 1976, p. 171)/(Herman 2006, p. 154) | Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 154 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Black Dawn | 105 | A black moon nailed against a sullen dawn / The gods have said: "Life is a mystic shrine." / Mohammed, Buddha, Moses, Satan, Thor! / They sell brown men for gold in Zanzibar / Break down the world and mold it once again! | Black Dawn | 1972 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. March 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 154); A cycle of 5 numbered, untitled poems: "Shadows" (20 lines), "Clouds" (13 lines), "Shrines" (26 lines), "The Iron Harp" (32 lines), and "Invocation (14 lines)"Cyle of five poems (Herman 2006, p. 154) | Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 154 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Black Harps in the Hills | 24 | Thomas Fitzgerald, Shane O'Neill | | | Untitled: ("Thomas Fitzgerald, Shane O'Neill") | | A shorter version of the 53-line "Black Harps in the Hills"; Letter: Harold Preece, c. March 1929, a version (Herman 2006, p. 154) | Lord 1976, p. 299 Herman 2006, p. 154 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Black Harps in the Hills | 53 | Let Saxons sing of Saxon kings | Omniumgathum | 1976 | Untitled ("Thomas Fitzgerald, Shane O'Neill") | | Pen name: Patrick Mac Conaire Howard (Lord 1976, p. 299); Letter: Harold Preece, c. March 1929, a version (Herman 2006, p. 154) | Lord 1976, p. 299 Herman 2006, p. 154 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Black Mass | | Long glaives of frozen light crawled up and down | Startling Mystery Stories | Fall 1967 | A Vision | | Nearly identical to "A Vision" in the first two stanzas, but changes a good bit in the last two | Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 154 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Black Michael's Story | 22 | The moon above the Kerry hills | Always Comes Evening | 1957 | Retribution; The Song of Murtagh O'Brien; Untitled ("The moon above the Kerry hills ...") | | Titled Retribution from an untitled draft, Howard's original title The Song of Murtagh O'Brien was found on a later copy (Herman 2006, p. 196) | Lord 1976, p. 183 Herman 2006, p. 196 |
| Black Seas | 8 | I have heard black seas booming in the night | Fantasy Book #23 (vol 5, no. 5) | Mar 1987 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. June 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 155) | Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Black Stone, The (verse heading) | 4 | They say foul things of Old Times still lurk | Inside & Science Fiction Advertiser | Sep 1956 | | | Epigraph: The Black Stone (Lord 1976, p. 203); Justin Geoffrey (Lord 1976, p. 203) | Lord 1976, p. 203 Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Blood of Belshazzar, The (verse heading) | 10 | It shone on the breast of the Persian king. | Echoes From An Iron Harp | 1972 | The Song of the Red Stone | | Epigraph: The Blood of Belshazzar (Lord 1976, p. 203); Verse heading of short story "The Blood of Belshazzar," starring Cormac Fitzgeoffrey | Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Bloodstones and Ebony | (579 words) | I knelt in a great cavern before an altar which sent up in everlasting spirals a slender serpent of white smoke. | Etchings in Ivory (Chapbook) | 1968 | | | Fifth "prose poem" in the Etchings in Ivory cycle | |
| Blossoms & Pagodas | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Blow, Boys, Blow | 12 | Blow, my bullies, I long to hear you | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv0T7YPelEQ | Mnemonic reconstruction Letter: Robert W. Gordon, misdated January 2, 1926—actually 1927; NOT INCLUDED IN COLLECTED POETRY | |
| Blow the Man Down | 16 | As I was walking down Paradise Street | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5k0ZA4jxqw | Mnemonic reconstruction Letter: Robert W. Gordon, March 17, 1927; NOT INCLUDED IN COLLECTED POETRY | |
| Bob Fitzsimmons | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Bombing of Gon Fanfew, The | 52 | A gang of the Reds were hanging a Jew | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, February 25, 1925 (Herman 2006, p. 155); PD | Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Boot Hill Payoff (aka "The Last Ride") | | | | | | | | Contains an embedded mnemonic reconstruction of "Brady" (q.v.). The story is a collaboration with Chandler Whipple (Robert Enders Allen), who wrote chapters 1-6, then turned it over to Howard to finish. |
| Botany Bay | 12 lines with a three-line chorus repeated after each verse | Blow, my bullies, I long to hear you | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKgXldJb5p4 | Mnemonic reconstruction Letter: Robert W. Gordon, misdated January 2, 1926—actually 1927; NOT INCLUDED IN COLLECTED POETRY | |
| Brady | 20 | Early in the morning in the month of May | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | "Boot Hill Payoff"; "The Last Ride" | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13RqdBIPKOU | Mnemonic reconstruction of "Duncan and Brady" also embedded in the short story "Boot Hill Payoff" (aka "The Last Ride") a collaboration with Chandler Whipple (Robert Enders Allen), who wrote chapters 1-6, then turned it over to Howard to finish; Letter: Robert W. Gordon, April 9, 1926; NOT INCLUDED IN COLLECTED POETRY | |
| Bran Mak Morn | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Brazen thewed giant of a grimmer Age | | Brazen thewed giant of a grimmer Age | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter, vol. 1, #2 | Nov 2007 | Untitled: Brazen thewed giant of a grimmer Age | | Unfinished (Herman 2006, p. 220) | Herman 2006, p. 220 |
| Bride of Cuchulain, The | 27 | Love, we have laughed at living | Singers in the Shadows | 1970 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Broken Walls of Babel, The | 10 | The broken walls of Babel rear | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("The broken walls of Babel") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 301) | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Bubastes | 14 | Bubastes! Down the lank and sullen years | Whispers #2 | Dec 1973 | Egypt | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 301) | Lord 1976, p. 301 |
| Buccaneer Speaks, A | 24 | I've broken the laws of man and God | Night Images | 1976 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Buccaneer Treasure | 126 | This is a story that I heard from the lips of a drunken tramp | Amazing Science Fiction Stories | Jan 1985 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Builders, The (1) | 12 | We reared up Babel's towers | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | | | (Herman 2006, p. 156) Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 301); Similar to version (2) (Herman 2006, p. 156); A total of six quatrains that were split over two pages of typescript that got separated; only two quatrains appeared in the original publication of A RHYME OF SALEM TOWN, then three in the Robert E. Howard Foundation's edition, then the last four quatrains were first published in THE REHF NEWSLETTER V1, #2; first complete publication in COLLECTED POETRY. | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 155 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Builders, The (2) | 8 | We reared up Bab-ilu's towers | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. October 1927 (Herman 2006, p. 156); Similar to version (1) (Herman 2006, p. 156); shorter, slightly different, likely an early draft; uses the first and last quatrains from "Builders (1)", with "Bab-ilu" instead of "Babel" in the first line; not included in COLLECTED POETRY (Herman 2006, p. 156) | Herman 2006, p. 156 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| Builders, The (3) | 16(?) | The towers stand recorders | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter, vol. 1, #2 | Nov 2007 | | | | Herman 2006, p. 156 |
| But the Hills Were Ancient Then | 24 | Now is a summer come out of the sea | Amra (vol. 2, no. 8) | Nov-December 1959 | Untitled ("Now is a summer come out of the sea") | Wikisource | Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 171); Title created by George Scithers (Herman 2006, p. 156); PD | Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 156 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| By old Abie Goldstein's pawn shop | 8 | By old Abie Goldstein's pawn shop where the ghetto meets the quay ... | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: By old Abie Goldstein's pawn shop | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. March 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 220); PD | Herman 2006, p. 220 |
| Call of Pan, The | 14 | My heart is a silver drum tonight | Shadows of Dreams | 1989 | Untitled ("My heart is a silver drum tonight") | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 156) | Herman 2006, p. 156 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Call of the Sea, The | 30 | White spray is flashing | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 301); Lines 1-6 were first published in Dark Valley Destiny (1983) (Herman 2006, p. 156) | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 156 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Calling to Rome, A | 8 | There's a calling, and a calling, and a calling | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("There's a calling, and a calling, and a calling ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 301) | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 156 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Campus at Midnight, The | 8 | Starlight gleams through the windows | Omniumgathum | 1976 | | | Letter: Edna Mann, October 30, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 156) | Herman 2006, p. 156 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Candles | | | Candles | Late 1974/Early 1975 | | | Ascribed to Howard by Michael Horvat (publisher) after discovery in a book, Glenn Lord questions whether this is really a Howard poem (Herman 2006, pp. 156, 397). | Herman 2006, p. 156 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Castaway | | | Shadows of Dreams | 1989 | | | | Herman 2006, p. 156 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Cat of Anubis, The | | | | | The Cats of Anubis | | "; | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Cats of Anubis, The | 21 | The stars comes blinking in a dusty day | Whispers #1 | Jul 1973 | The Cat of Anubis | | Herman|2006|p=157} | Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Cells of the Coliseum, The | 20 | Across the walls a shadow falls | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Challenge | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Challenge to Bast, A | 18 | Come not to me, Bubastes | Fantasy Book Volume 5 Number 3 | Sep 1986 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, undated (Herman 2006, p. 157) | Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Champ, The | 20 | The champion sneered, the crowds they jeered | Robert E. Howard Fight Magazine #2 | Sep 1990 | Untitled ("The champion sneered ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 302) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Chant Demoniac, The | 18 | I am Satan; I am weary | Weird Tales #295 | Winter 1989-90 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. January 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 157) | Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Chant of the White Beard | 8 | O'er lakes agleam the old gods dream | Always Comes Evening | 1957 | Untitled ("O'er lakes agleam ...") | | From: Men of the Shadows (Lord 1976, p. 172); Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 172); From: Men of the Shadows (Herman 2006, p. 157) | Lord 1976, p. 172 Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Chariots of Nineveh, The | | | | | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| "The chariots were chanting ..." | 14 | The chariots were chanting | Shadows of Dreams | 1989 | Last Words He Heard, The; Untitled ("The chariots were chanting ...") | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. December 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 179) | Herman 2006, p. 179 |
| "Chesterton twanged on his lyre" | 5 | Chesterton twanged on his lyre | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Song of Bards, A; Untitled ("Chesterton twanged on his lyre") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 311) | Lord 1976, p. 311 Herman 2006, p. 208 |
| Chief of the Matabeles, The | 84 | The warm veldt spread beneath the tropic sun | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("The warm veldt spread ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 302); Unfinished (Lord 1976, p. 302)/(Herman 2006, p. 157); An early work (Lord 1976, p. 302) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Children of the Night, The | 4 | Tread not where stony deserts hold | | | The House in the Oaks | | Third of the three verses from "The House In The Oaks" (with "An Open Window" and "Arkham"). Originally from an early draft of "The Children of the Night", in which it was attributed to fictitious poet Justin Geoffrey. Replaced in the final version with two lines from "The Gates of Damascus" by James Flecker, this poem was added by Derleth to his version of "The House in the Oaks"; titled with the first line in COLLECTED POETRY. Herman 2006, p. 157 | Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Chinese Gong, The | 20 | StrumaSTRUM, struma strum struma strum strum strum! | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. March 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 157); PD; Howard appended "Accent the second STRUM to get the rhythm." | Herman 2006, p. 157 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| A Chinese washer, Ching-Ling ... | | Untitled: A Chinese washer, Ching-Ling ... | The Toreador | 5 July 1925 | Untitled: A Chinese Washer, Ching-Ling | | | Herman 2006, p. 220 |
| Choir Girl, The | 8 | I have a saintly voice, the people say | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. March 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 158); PD | Herman 2006, p. 158 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| The Chorus of the Chant | 2 | God of the gods, high, most high! See these rods! Hear our cry! | Yesteryear #4 | Oct 1989 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. February 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 187); Second poem in the cycle "The Mysteries" | Herman 2006, p. 187 |
| Cimmeria | 32 | I remember | The Howard Collector #7 | Winter 1965 | | Wikisource | Letter: Emil Petaja, December 17, 1934 (Herman 2006, p. 158) | Lord 1976, p. 172 Herman 2006, p. 158 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| "Cities brooding beneath the sea" | 19 | Cities brooding beneath the seas | The Howard Collector #6 | Spring 1965 | Who is Grandpa Theobold?; Untitled ("Cities brooding beneath the sea") | | Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 191); Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1931 (Herman 2006, p. 240) | Lord 1976, p. 191 Herman 2006, p. 240 |
| A clash of steel, a thud of hoofs | 4 | Untitled: A clash of steel, a thud of hoofs | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: A clash of steel, a thud of hoofs | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, August 4, 1923 (Herman 2006, p. 220); PD | Herman 2006, p. 220 |
| Clouds | 13 | The gods have said: "Life is a mystic shrine." | n/a | n/a | | | Part 2 of 5 in the Black Dawn cycle (Herman 2006, pp. 154, 158); Never published separately (Herman 2006, p. 158) | Herman 2006, p. 158 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Code | 4 | We're a jolly good bunch of bums | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("We're a jolly good bunch of bums") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 302); An early work (Lord 1976, p. 302) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 158 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| "Come with me to the Land of Sunrise" | 8 | Come with me to the Land of Sunrise | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Trail of Gold, The; Untitled ("Come with me to the Land of Sunrise") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 312); An early work (Lord 1976, p. 312) | Lord 1976, p. 312 Herman 2006, p. 217 |
| Coming of Bast, The | 36 | She came in the dim of the desert dawn | Lone Star Universe | 1976 | Untitled: "She came in the dim of the desert dawn ..." | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, undated, a version (Herman 2006, p. 158) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 158 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Coming of Bast, The—draft | 46 | She came in the grey of the desert dawn | The Collected Letters Of Robert E. Howard, Volume 3: 1933–1936 | 2008 | Untitled: "She came in the grey of the desert dawn ..." | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, undated, beginning "Ha, Ha! Your not going ..." (Herman 2006, p. 158) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 158 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Conn's Saga | 6 | The war was like a dream; I cannot tell | Echoes From An Iron Harp n/a | 1972 n/a | The Grey God Passes | | Epigraph: verse heading for Chapter 5 of The Grey God Passes (Lord 1976, p. 204); Conflict: Lord (1976, p. 204), Echoes from an Iron Harp, 1972/Herman (2006, p. 159), no separate publication | Lord 1976, p. 204 Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Construction Man, The | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Contrast | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Cooling of Spike McRue, The | 43 | A couple of hams were having a mill | Writer of the Dark | 1986 | | | A parody of Robert W. Service (Lord 1976, p. 302)/(Herman 2006, p. 159) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Corbet | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Cornish Jack | 88 | Away in the dusty barracoon | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("Away in the dusky barracoon") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 302) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Counterspells | 4 | The doine sidhe sang to our swords by night | Unaussprechlichen Kulten #1 | Oct 1990 | Untitled ("The doine sidhe sang to our swords ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 302) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Cowboy | 4 | Poets and novelists have sung of me | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 159); PD | Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Crete | 16 | The green waves wash above us | Weird Tales | Feb 1929 | | Wikisource | PD | Lord 1976, p. 172 Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| A cringing woman's lot is hard | 44 | A cringing woman's lot is hard | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: A cringing woman's lot is hard | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. June 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 220); PD; shares some stanzas with ECSTASY ("There is a strangeness in my soul ...") | Herman 2006, p. 220 |
| Crown for a King, A | 39 | A roar of battle thundered in the hills | Ariel #1 | Autumn 1976 | | | Part 5 of the Voices of the Night cycle (Herman 2006, p. 159) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Crusade | 32 | Wild flying hoofs whirl up the sands | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | | From an undated document sent to Tevis Clyde Smith (Herman 2006, p. 159); PD | Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Cry Everlasting, The (Lord 1976, p. 302) | 24 | "Good rede, good rede! Slay ye the Bishop!" | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Cuckoo's Revenge, The | 16 | I plastered rolls with Belgian cheese | Risque Stories #5 | Mar 1987 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, undated (Herman 2006, p. 160) | Herman 2006, p. 160 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Custom | 27 | Crack of a whip in the dusky air | Unaussprechlichen Kulten #1 | Oct 1990 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 160 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Dance Macabre | 16 | I saw the grass on the hillside bend | Weirdbook #12 | 1977 | Untitled ("I saw the grass on the hillside bend") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 302) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 160 |
| Dance with Death, The | 110 | The fogs of night | Magira #38 | Spring 1992 | The Adventurer's Mistress (2); A Dance with Death | | From an undated enclosure with a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith; German (Herman 2006, p. 160) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 160 |
| Dancer | 6 | I've caught the rhythm of the Universe | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 | |
| Dancer, The | 18 | A gibbering wind that whoops and drones | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, April 14, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 160); PD | Herman 2006, p. 160 |
| Dark are your eyes | 10 | Dark are your eyes | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: Dark are your eyes | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, January 30, 1925 (Herman 2006, p. 220); PD | Herman 2006, p. 220 |
| Daughter of Evil | 44 | They cast her out of the court of the king | Chacal #2 | Spring 1977 | Untitled ("They cast her out of the court of the king ...") | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. September 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 160); Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 302) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 160 |
| Dawn in Flanders, A | 8 | I can recall a quiet sky once more | The Howard Collector #5 | Summer 1964 | Untitled ("I can recall a quiet sky ...") | | | Lord 1976, p. 172 Herman 2006, p. 160 |
| Day Breaks Over Simla, The | 24 | Near a million dawns have burst | Fantasy Crossroads #4/5 | Aug 1975 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 161 |
| Day That I Die, The | 36 | The day that I die shall the sky be clear | The Howard Collector #9 | Spring 1967 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 172 Herman 2006, p. 161 |
| "The day that towers ..." | 20 | The day that towers, sapphire kissed | Always Comes Evening | 1957 | Nisapur; Untitled ("The day that towers ...") | | Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 181) | Lord 1976, p. 181 Herman 2006, p. 188 |
| Days of Glory | 12 | Ah, those were glittering, jeweled days | Night Images | 1976 | Untitled ("Ah, those were glittering, jeweled days") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 302) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 161 |
| De Ole River-Ox | 21 | De ole river-ox come over de ridge | The Grim Land and Others | 1976 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 161 |
| Dead Man's Hate | 28 | They hanged John Farrel in the dawn amid the market-place | Weird Tales | Jan 1930 | | Wikisource | PD | Lord 1976, p. 172 Herman 2006, p. 161 Howard & Burke 2008, p. X |
| Dead Slaver's Tale, The | 22 | Dim and grey was the silent sea | Weirdbook #8 | 1974 | The Tale the Dead Slaver Told | | | Herman 2006, p. 161 Howard & Burke 2008, p. X |
| Death's Black Riders (verse heading) | 4 | The hangman asked of the carrion crow, but the raven made reply | Echoes From An Iron Harp | 1972 | | | Epigraph: Death's Black Riders (Lord 1976, p. 203) | Lord 1976, p. 203 Herman 2006, p. 161 |
| Deed Beyond the Deed, The | 14 | Rane o' the Sword, nae sairly do we greet | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. December 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 161); PD | Herman 2006, p. 161 |
| Deep in my bosom ... | 8 | Deep in my bosom I lock him ... | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, undated; did NOT get included in the first edition of COLLECTED POETRY | |
| Deeps | 7 | There is a cavern in the deep | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 161); PD | Herman 2006, p. 161 |
| Del Rio Road | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Demid & Ayub | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Desert, The | 7 | Wide and free swings the desert, far as reaches the eye | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("Wide and free ranging ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 302); An early work (Lord 1976, p. 302) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 161 |
| Desert Dawn | 14 | Dim seas of sand swim slowly into sight | Weird Tales | Mar 1939 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 172 Herman 2006, p. 162 |
| Desert Hawk, The | 48 | The burning sun scatters his fiery rays | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | | | An early work (Lord 1976, p. 303) | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 162 |
| Desire | 14 | "Turn out the light." I raised a willing hand | Desire and Other Erotic Poems | 1989 | Untitled ("'Turn out the light.' I raised a willing hand") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 303) | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 162 |
| Destination | 24 | Against the east a somber spire loomed o'er a dusky, brooding wood | Magazine of Horror #12 | Winter 1965/1966 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 172 Herman 2006, p. 162 |
| Destiny (1) | 4 | I think I was born to pass at dawn | Savage Sword of Conan #193 | Jan 1992 | | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 303) | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 162 |
| Destiny (2) | 8 | What is there... | Shadows of Dreams | 1989 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, April 14, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 162) | Herman 2006, p. 162 |
| Destiny (3) | 2 | I am a white trail... | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 162) | Herman 2006, p. 162 |
| Devon Oak (Lord 1976, p. 303) | 20 | I am a Devon oak | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("I am a Devon oak") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 303) | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 162 |
| Dherran Dhoun | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Doc Holliday | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| "The doine sidhe sang to our swords ..." | 4 | The doine sidhe sang to our swords by night | Unaussprechlichen Kulten #1 | Oct 1990 | Counterspells; Untitled ("The doine sidhe sang to our swords ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 302) | Lord 1976, p. 302 Herman 2006, p. 159 Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Doom | 12 | The day of man's set doom is come | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | The Wheel of Destiny | | | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 162 |
| Doom Chant of Than-kul, The | 25 | Atlantis lies in the cold jade sea | Weird Tales #4 | 1983 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 162 |
| Down the Ages | 22 | Forever down the ages | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("Forever down the ages") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 303); Unfinished (Lord 1976, p. 303) | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 162 |
| Drake Sings of Yesterday | 62 | On Devon downs I met the ghost of Drake | Weirdbook #15 | 1981 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, pp. 162–3 |
| Drawers that a girl strips down her thighs | 4 | Drawers that a girl strips down her thighs | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: Drawers that a girl strips down her thighs | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 221); PD | Herman 2006, p. 221 |
| A Dream | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Dream and the Shadow, The | 14 | I dreamed a stony idol striding came | Weird Tales | Sep 1937 | | | Second poem of five from the Sonnets Out of Bedlam cycle | Lord 1976, p. 173 Herman 2006, p. 163 |
| Dream of Autumn, A | 12 | Now is the lyre of Homer flecked with rust | Weird Tales | April 1933 | Autumn; The Autumn of the World | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, C. March 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 151); Originally titled "The Autumn of the World" | Lord 1976, p. 173 Herman 2006, p. 163 |
| The Dream Road | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § |
| Dreamer | 4 | I live in a world apart | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 163); PD | Herman 2006, p. 163 |
| Dreaming | 9 | The Dreamer dreamed in the shade of the vine | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, undated (Herman 2006, p. 163); PD | Herman 2006, p. 163 |
| Dreaming in Israel | 46 | If I had dwelt in Israel when Saul was king of Israel | Shadows of Dreams | 1989 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. August 1932 (Herman 2006, p. 163) | Herman 2006, p. 163 |
| Dreaming on Downs | 16 | I marched with Alfred when he thundered forth | Poet's Scroll | Apr 1929 | King Alfred Rides Again | Wikisource | Pen name: Patrick Howard (Herman 2006, p. 163);PD | Herman 2006, p. 163 |
| Dreams | 14 | Babylon has fallen, has fallen, has fallen | Up John Kane! and Other Poems | 1977 | Babylon has fallen | | | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 163 |
| Dreams of Men, The | 16 | From the whispering void unasked they come | Shadows of Dreams | 1989 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. October 1927 (Herman 2006, p. 163) | Herman 2006, p. 163 |
| Dreams of Nineveh | 20 | Silver bridge in a broken sky | Golden Atom, 20th Anniversary Issue | 1959/1960 | | Wikisource | PD | Lord 1976, p. 173 Herman 2006, p. 164 |
| The Driller | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § |
| Drowned | 14 | My mother sat me on the cottage stair | Toadstool Wine | 1975 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 164 |
| Drum, The | 14 | I heard the drum as I went down the street | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("I heard the drum as I went ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 303) | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 164 |
| Drum Begins to Throb, A | 24 | The blind black shadows reach inhuman arms | The Fantasy Fan | Sep 1934 | Out of the Deep; Voices Waken Memory, The | Wikisource | PD; Part 1 of the Voices of the Night cycle | Lord 1976, p. 190 Herman 2006, p. 237 |
| Drum Gods | 20 | My muscles ripple 'neath my skin | Etchings and Odysseys #9 | 1986 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 164 |
| Drummings on an Empty Skull | 16 | This is the word that Jacob / Meeting his death in Egypt / Laid on the brow of Judah | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, undated (Herman 2006, p. 163); PD | Herman 2006, p. 164 |
| Drums in My Ears | 7 | Beyond the creak of rat-gnawed beams in squalid peasant huts | n/a | n/a | | | Epigraph: verse heading for Chapter 3 of Sword Woman (Lord 1976, p. 315) Never published separately (Herman 2006, p. 164) | Lord 1976, p. 315 Herman 2006, p. 164 |
| Drums of Pictdom, The | 4 | How can I wear the harness of toil | Bran Mak Morn | Sep 1969 | Untitled ("How can I wear the harness of toil") | | Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 173) | Lord 1976, p. 173 Herman 2006, p. 164 |
| Dull Sound as of Knocking, A | 12 | Who raps here on my door tonight | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 164 Howard & Burke 2008, p. X |
| Dungeon Opens, A | 76 | They let me out of the slimy cell | Ein Traumer Aus Texas | 1987 | | | German (Herman 2006, p. 164) | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 164 |
| Dust Dance, The (1) | 76 | Ah, it's little they knew when they molded me | The Howard Collector #10 | Spring 1968 | | | Incomplete (Lord 1976, p. 173); Shares lines with version (2) (Lord 1976, p. 173); Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. March 1928, partial (Herman 2006, p. 165) | Lord 1976, p. 173 Herman 2006, p. 165 |
| Dust Dance, The (2) | 72 | For I, with the shape of my kin, the ape | The Howard Collector #7 | Winter 1965 | Untitled ("For I, with the shape of my kin, the ape ...") | | Incomplete (Lord 1976, p. 173); Shares lines with version (1), The Song of Horsa's Galley and The Road to Hell (Lord 1976, p. 173); Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. March 1928, partial (Herman 2006, p. 165) | Lord 1976, p. 173 Herman 2006, p. 165 |
| Dweller in Dark Valley, The | 20 | The nightwinds tossed the tangled trees, the stars were cold with scorn | Magazine of Horror #11 | Nov 1965 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 174 Herman 2006, p. 165 Howard & Burke 2008, p. X |
| Dying Pirate Speaks of Treasure, A | 40 | Lash me two round shot hard to my ankles | Up John Kane! and Other Poems | 1977 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 165 |
| Early in the morning I gazed at the eastern skies | 4 | Early in the morning I gazed at the eastern skies | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: Early in the morning I gazed at the eastern skies | Wikisource | Letter:Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926; PD | Herman 2006, p. 221 |
| Earth-born | 28 | By rose and verdant valley | Fire and Sleet and Candlelight | 1961 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 174 Herman 2006, p. 165 |
| East & West | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| The East Farers | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| The east is red and I am dead | 2 | The east is red and I am dead | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | Untitled: The east is red and I am dead | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. January 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 221); PD | Herman 2006, p. 221 |
| Easter Island | 14 | How many weary centuries have flown | Weird Tales | Dec 1928 | | Wikisource | PD | Lord 1976, p. 174 Herman 2006, p. 165 |
| Echo from the Iron Harp, An | 56 | Shadows and echoes haunt my dreams | The Ultimate Triumph: The Heroic Fantasy of Robert E. Howard | 1999 | Nearly identical to The Gold and the Grey | | the title "The Gold and the Grey" was given by Glenn Lord to an untitled typescript version, years later he found out what its correct title was; the typescript version includes one extra line ("And the raven came and the lean grey wolf, to follow the sword's red play.") and a few word changes ("Appian Gate" in the former is "Roman Gate" in the latter; "mist" in one is "fog" in the other, and so on) from the published version of "The Gold and The Grey" | Herman 2006, p. 166 |
| Echo of Laughter from the Gulfs, An | 18 | Ten million miles beyond the sweep of Time | Always Comes Evening | 1957 | Laughter in the Gulfs | | Poem 3 of the Voices of the Night cycle (Herman 2006, p. 179); Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, undated (Herman 2006, p. 179) | Lord 1976, p. 179 Herman 2006, p. 179 |
| Echoes from an Anvil | 54 | I leave no paltry poets | Night Images | 1966 | | | Pen name: Robert E. Patrick Howard (Lord 1976, p. 314) | Lord 1976, p. 314 Herman 2006, p. 166 |
| Echoes from an Iron Anvil | | | Verses in Ebony | 1975 | | | Listed simply as "Echoes from an Anvil" in Thom, Herman & Woods; probable typographical conflation of "Echoes from an Anvil" with "Echoes from an Iron Harp"??? | Herman 2006, p. 166 |
| Echoing Shadows [poem cycle] | 134 | 1. The blind black shadows reach inhuman arms / 2. Now in the gloom the pulsing drums repeat / 3. Ten million years beyond the sweep of Time / 4. The great black tower rose to split the stars / 5. A roar of battle thundered in the hills | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | The Iron Harp; Voices of the Night | | A group of five poems: "The Voices Waken Memory" (24 lines); "Babel" (19 lines); "Laughter in the Gulfs" (18 lines); "Moon Shame" (34 lines); and "A Crown for a King" (39 lines); Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, undated, beginning "The Seeker thrust ..."; Does NOT include the individual poem "The Iron Harp," which is, confusingly, the fourth poem in the BLACK DAWN cycle! | Lord 1976, p. 174 Herman 2006, p. 166 |
| Ecstasy | 60 | There is a strangeness in my soul | Rhymes of Death | 1975 | Untitled ("There is a strangeness in my soul") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 303); shares some stanzas with "A cringing woman's lot is hard" | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 166 |
| Ecstasy of Desolation, The | 22 | Long were the years, lifelong and deathly-bare | Shadows of Dreams | 1989 | Untitled ("Long were the years, life-long and deathly-bare. ...") | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. October 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 166) | Herman 2006, p. 166 |
| Edgar Guest | 5 | How long have you written, Eddie Guest? How long have you twirled a pen | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("How long have you written, Eddie Guest?") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 303); Unfinished (Lord 1976, p. 303)/(Herman 2006, p. 166) | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 166 |
| Egypt | 14 | Bubastes! Down the lank and sullen years | Whispers #2 | Dec 1973 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 174 Herman 2006, p. 166 |
| "The elder gods have fled" | 4 | The elder gods have fled | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Passing of the Elder Gods; Untitled ("The elder gods have fled") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 308) | Lord 1976, p. 308 Herman 2006, p. 192 |
| Emancipation | 20 | The couplers lock and the air-brakes grate | Always Comes Evening | 1957 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 174 Herman 2006, p. 166 |
| Empire | 40 | Trumpets triumph in red disaster | Verses in Ebony | 1975 | | | Pen name: Patrick Mac Conaire Howard (Lord 1976, p. 299); Shares lines with Black Chant Imperial, which is a shortened version of this poem (Lord 1976, p. 299)/(Herman 2006, p. 167); Subtitled "A Song for All Exiles" (Lord 1976, p. 299) | Lord 1976, p. 299 Herman 2006, p. 167 |
| Empire's Destiny | 24 | Bab-ilu's women gazed upon our spears | Poet's Scroll | Jun 1929 | Oh, Babylon, Lost Babylon | Wikisource | PD; Pen name: Patrick Howard (Herman 2006, p. 167) | Herman 2006, p. 167 |
| End of the Glory Trail, The | 12 | One man fought for a creed and one | Rhymes of Death | 1975 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 167 |
| Envoy | 4 | Write whenever you get the chance | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1932 (Herman 2006, p. 167); PD | Herman 2006, p. 167 |
| "Eons before the Atlantean days ..." | 24 | Eons before Atlantean days in the time of the world's black dawn | Ariel | Autumn 1976 | Symbol, The; Untitled ("Eons before the Atlantean days ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 311) | Lord 1976, p. 311 Herman 2006, p. 212 Howard & Burke 2008, p. x |
| Eric of Norway | 219 | Eric Ranesen, the Viking, son of the sword and spear | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | | | An early work (Lord 1976, p. 304) | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 167 |
| Escape | 7 | I'd like to throw over the whole damn thing | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 167 |
| Etchings In Ivory | 148 words + 1,001 words + 1,795 words + 331 words + 904 words + 579 words, for a total of 4,758 words | Let no man read here who lives only in the world about him. / This is a dream that comes to me often. / Surely it was in decadent Athens—in marble-throned Athens of Sophocles in the Periclean Age. / There is a gate whose portals are of opal and ivory, and to this gate I went one silent twilight ... / The tang of winter is in the air and in the brain of me. / I knelt in a great cavern before an altar which sent up in everlasting spirals a slender serpent of white smoke. / | Etchings In Ivory (Chapbook) | 1968 | | | A brief collection of "prose-poems," consisting of an untitled introduction (148 words), "Flaming Marble" (not to be confused with the verse poem of the same name) (1,001 words), "Skulls and Orchids" (1,795 words), "Medallions in the Moon" (331 words), "The Gods that Men Forget" (904 words), and "Bloodstones and Ebony" (579 words). A brief collection of "prose-poems," | |
| Eternity | 27 | I am older than the world | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 167); PD | Herman 2006, p. 167 |
| The Everlasting City | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Exhortation | 4 | Oh, ye who tread the narrow way | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("Oh, ye who tread the narrow way") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 304); An early work (Lord 1976, p. 304) | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 167 |
| A Fable for Critics | 98 | Now come the days of high endeavor and / The blare of brazen trumpets through the land. | Shadows of Dreams | 1989 | Untitled ("Now come the days of high endeavor ...") | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. November–December 1928 | |
| The Fable Of Conceit | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Fables for Little Folks | 16 | He was six foot four and wide as a door | The Daniel Baker Collegian | 15 March 1926 | | Wikisource | PD | Lord 1976, p. 175 Herman 2006, p. 167 |
| Far Country, A | 24 | A granite wind sighed from the crimson clay desert | Shadows of Dreams | 1989 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1928 (Herman 2006, pp. 167–8) | Herman 2006, pp. 167–8 |
| Far in the Gloomy Northland | 24 | Far in the gloomy Northland | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("Far in the gloomy northland") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 304); An early work (Lord 1976, p. 304) | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 168 |
| Farewell, Proud Munster | 28 | Night in the county of Donegal | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("Night in the county of Donegal") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 304); An early work (Lord 1976, p. 304) | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 168 |
| Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gealach Buidhe Mar Or | 31 | Mananan Mac Lir | The Junto Coven13 | Aug 1929 Mar 1970 | | Wikisource | Conflict: Lord (1976, p. 175), Coven 13, 1970/Herman (2006, p. 168), The Junto, 1929 | Lord 1976, p. 175 Herman 2006, p. 168 |
| Fear That Follows, The | 24 | The smile of a child was on her lips - oh, smile of a last long rest | Singers in the Shadows | 1970 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 175 Herman 2006, p. 168 Howard & Burke 2008, p. X |
| Fearsome Touch of Death, The | 4 | As long as midnight cloaks the earth | Echoes From An Iron Harp | 1972 | | | Epigraph: The Fearsome Touch of Death (Lord 1976, p. 203) | Lord 1976, p. 203 Herman 2006, p. 168 |
| February | 20 | What is so vile as a February day | Always Comes Evening (Underwood-Miller edition) | 1977 | Parody | | The oldest known Howard poem, written January 28, 1921 at Cross Plains High School; Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 304); A parody of the famous passage that begins "And what is so rare as a day in June?" from James Russell Lowell's THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL (Lord 1976, p. 304); An early work (Lord 1976, p. 304) | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 168 |
| Feud, The | 12 | He did not glance above the trail to the laurel where I lay | Fantasy Crossroads #13 | Jun 1978 | Untitled ("He did not glance above the trail ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 304) | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 168 |
| Fill up my goblet | 15 | Fill up my goblet | The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter, vol. 1, #2 | Nov 2007 | "The Ballad of Baibers"; Untitled: Fill up my goblet; "The Sowers of the Thunder" (truncated) | | | Herman 2006, p. 221 |
| "The first came up / Was a little cabin boy ..." | 5 7-line verses and a 6-line chorus repeated after each one | The first came up / Was a little cabin boy | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | The Mermaid; Oh, The Stormy Winds; Untitled: ("The first came up / Was a little cabin boy ...") | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcAPJ77WfCs | Mnemonic reconstruction of an old folk song Letter: Robert W. Gordon, February 4, 1925; NOT INCLUDED IN COLLECTED POETRY | |
| Fitzsimmon's Tale | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Flaming Marble | 14 | I carved a woman out of marble when | Poet's Scroll | Jan 1929 | Untitled ("I carved a woman out of marble when") | Wikisource | PD; Pen name: Patrick Howard (Herman 2006, p. 168) | Herman 2006, p. 168 |
| Flaming Marble (not to be confused with the verse poem of the same name) | (1,001 words) | This is a dream that comes to me often | Etchings in Ivory (Chapbook) | 1968 | | | First "prose poem" in the Etchings in Ivory cycle | |
| Flappers flicker and flap and flirt | 12 | Flappers flicker and flap and flirt | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: Flappers flicker and flap and flirt | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. December 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 221); PD | Herman 2006, p. 221 |
| Flight | 24 | A jackal laughed from a thicket still, the stars were haggard pale | Witchcraft & Sorcery | May 1971 | Untitled ("A jackal laughed from a thicket still ...") | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. September 1927, earlier, shorter version (Herman 2006, p. 168) | Lord 1976, p. 175 Herman 2006, p. 168 |
| Flint's Passing | 30 | Bring aft the rum! Life's measure's overfull | Fantasy Crossroads #3 | May 1975 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 169 |
| Flood, The | | | The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems of the Supernatural | 1982 | To All Evangelists | | | Herman 2006, p. 169 |
| Follower, The | 20 | I am the man who followed | The Golden Caliph The Last Celt | 1922/1923 1976 | | | Conflict: Lord (1976, p. 175), The Last Celt, 1976/Herman (2006, p. 169), The Golden Caliph, 1922–23; An early work (Lord 1976, p. 175) | Lord 1976, p. 175 Herman 2006, p. 169 |
| "For I have seen the lizards crawl" | 16 | For I have seen the lizards crawl | Always Comes Evening | 1957 | Babylon; Untitled ("For I have seen the lizards crawl") | | Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 171) | Lord 1976, p. 171 Herman 2006, p. 152 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| "For I, with the shape of my kin, the ape ..." (2) | 72 | For I, with the shape of my kin, the ape | The Howard Collector #7 | Winter 1965 | Dust Dance, The; Untitled ("For I, with the shape of my kin, the ape ...") | | Incomplete (Lord 1976, p. 173); Shares lines with version (1), The Song of Horsa's Galley and The Road to Hell (Lord 1976, p. 173); Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. March 1928, partial (Herman 2006, p. 165) | Lord 1976, p. 173 Herman 2006, p. 165 |
| For Man Was Given the Earth to Rule | 44 | The mallet clashes on the nail | Fantasy Book #21 | September 1986 | And Man Was Given the Earth to Rule; The Old Gods Brood | | Listed as "And . . ." in Fantasy Book;"The Old Gods Brood" is from Glenn Lord's title to an untitled typescript. | Lord 1976, p. 308 Herman 2006, p. 169 |
| For what is a maid to the shout of kings? | 14 | For what is a maid to the shout of kings | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled: For what is a maid to the shout of kings | | Incomplete, only the final fourteen lines survive (Lord 1976, p. 312) | Lord 1976, p. 312 Herman 2006, p. 221 |
| Forbidden Magic | 14 | There came to me a Shape one summer night | Weird Tales | Jul 1929 | | Wikisource | PD | Lord 1976, p. 175 Herman 2006, p. 169 |
| "Forever down the ages" | 22 | Forever down the ages | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Down the Ages; Untitled ("Forever down the ages") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 303); Unfinished (Lord 1976, p. 303) | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 162 |
| Forgotten Gods | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| "Forth from the purple ..." | 12 | Forth from the purple and feats of the palace | The Grim Land and Others | 1976 | Outcast, The; Untitled ("Forth from the purple ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 308) | Lord 1976, p. 308 Herman 2006, p. 191 |
| Fragment | 35 | And so his boyhood wandered into youth | Weird Tales | Dec 1937 | And So His Boyhood Wandered Into Youth | | Wikisource | Lord 1976, p. 175 Herman 2006, p. 169 Howard & Burke (2008, p. x) |
| A Fragment | 5 | Oh, Caroline, won't you be mine? | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | | | Mnemonic reconstruction of an old folk song, still unidentified; Letter: Robert W. Gordon, April 9, 1926; NOT INCLUDED IN COLLECTED POETRY | |
| Freedom | 8 | The world is rife, say I | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("The world is rife, say I") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 304) | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 169 |
| "From the dim red dawn of Creation" | 34 | From the dim red dawn of Creation | Always Comes Evening | 1957 | Men of the Shadows (verse heading); Untitled ("From the dim red dawn of Creation") | | From: Men of the Shadows (Lord 1976, p. 180); Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 180) | Lord 1976, p. 180 Herman 2006, p. 184 |
| Futility (1) | 16 | Golden goats on a hillside black | Weird Tales | Nov 1937 | Moonlight on a Skull | | Very similar to Moonlight on a Skull (Lord 1976, p. 175)/(Herman 2006, p. 170) | Lord 1976, p. 175 Herman 2006, p. 170 |
| Futility (2) | 30 | Time races on and none can stay the tread | The Daniel Baker Collegian | 25 May 1926 | | | PD | Lord 1976, p. 176 Herman 2006, p. 170 |
| Gates of Babylon, The | 25 | The gates of Babylon stand ajar | The Ghost OCean and Other Poems of the Supernatural | 1982 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 170 |
| Gates of Nineveh, The | 16 | These are the gates of Nineveh; here | Weird Tales | Jul 1928 | | Wikisource | PD | Lord 1976, p. 176 Herman 2006, p. 170 |
| Genghis Khan | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| The Geologist | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Ghost Dancers | 32 | Night has come over ridge and hill | Writer of the Dark | 1986 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 170 |
| Ghost Kings, The | 12 | The ghost kings are marching; the midnight knows their tread | Weird Tales | Dec 1938 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 176 Herman 2006, p. 170 |
| Ghost Ocean, The | 16 | There is a sea and a silent moon | The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems of the Supernatural | 1982 | Untitled ("There is a sea and a silent moon") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 304) | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 171 |
| Gilhooley's Supper Party | 8 | There was ham and lamb | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | The Jubilee; | | Mnemonic reconstruction of "Gilhooley's Supper Party"; Letter: Robert W. Gordon, March 17, 1927; NOT INCLUDED IN COLLECTED POETRY | |
| Girl | 8 | Gods, what a handsome youth across the way | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 171); PD | Herman 2006, p. 171 |
| The Girl From Yesterday | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Girls | | | The Toreador | 5 July 1925 | | | | Herman 2006, p. 171 |
| Give ye of my best though the dole be meager | 8 | Give ye of my best though the dole be meager | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: Give ye of my best though the dole be meager | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, June 23, 1926 (Herman 2006, p. 222); PD | Herman 2006, p. 222 |
| Gladiator and the Lady, The | 14 | When I was a boy in Britain and you were a girl in Rome | Shadows of Dreams | 1989 | | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. April 1930 (Herman 2006, p. 171) | Herman 2006, p. 171 |
| A God Comes Striding | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Gods I Worshipped, The | 8 | The standards toss in pride | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | | | | Herman 2006, p. 171 |
| Gods of Easter Island, The | 14 | Long ere Priapus pranced through groves Arcadian sunlight kissed | Always Comes Evening | 1957 | Untitled ("Long ere Priapus ...") | | Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 176) | Lord 1976, p. 176 Herman 2006, p. 171 |
| "Gods of heather, gods of lake" | 34 | Gods of heather, god of lake | Always Comes Evening | 1957 | Rune; Rune of the Ancient One; Untitled ("Gods of heather, gods of lake") | | From: the short story Men of the Shadows (Lord 1976, p. 185); Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 185); Separate version called Rune of the Ancient One (Herman 2006, p. 200) | Lord 1976, p. 185 Herman 2006, p. 200 |
| Gods of the Jungle Drums, The | 27 | Mutter of drums, jungle drums | The Grim Land and Others | 1976 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 171 |
| Gods Remember, The (1) | 16 | Lost wonders of the ages | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | | | An early draft of version (2); a list of Howard poems compiled by Otis Adelbert Kline indicates that there was a 50-line version, now lost (Herman 2006, p. 171); Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. October 1927 (Herman 2006, p. 171); PD | Herman 2006, p. 171 |
| Gods Remember, The (2) | 16 | The glories of the ages | Etchings and Odysseys #9 | 1986 | | Wikisource | | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 171 |
| The Gods that Men Forget | (904 words) | The tang of winter is in the air and in the brain of me. | Etchings in Ivory (Chapbook) | 1968 | | | Fourth "prose poem" in the Etchings in Ivory cycle | |
| Gold and the Grey, The | 55 | Shadows and echoes haunt my dreams with dim and subtle pain | The Gold and the Grey | 1974 | An Echo from the Iron Harp (some differences) | | Tentative title--"The Gold and the Grey" was the title given by Glenn Lord to an untitled typescript version; years later he found out what its correct title was. The typescript version includes one extra line ("And the raven came and the lean grey wolf, to follow the sword's red play.") and a few word changes ("Appian Gate" in the former is "Roman Gate" in the latter; "mist" in one is "fog" in the other, and so on) from the published version of "The Gold and The Grey" (Lord 1976, p. 304) | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 171 |
| Golden Ruin | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Good Mistress Brown | 20 | A sturdy housewife was Mistress Brown | Desire and Other Erotic Poems | 1989 | Untitled ("A sturdy housewife was Mistress Brown ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 304) | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 172 |
| "The great gray oaks ..." | 5 | The great grey oaks by the banks of the river | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Oaks, The; Untitled ("The great gray oaks ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 308) | Lord 1976, p. 308 Herman 2006, p. 189 |
| Great Man Speaks, A | 14 | They set me up on high, a marble saint | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 172); PD | Herman 2006, p. 172 |
| Grey God Passes, The | 4 | Oh Masters of the North, we come with tally of remembered dead | Echoes From An Iron Harp | 1972 | Conn's Saga | | Epigraph: The Grey God Passes (Lord 1976, p. 204) | Lord 1976, p. 204 Herman 2006, p. 172 |
| Grey Lover, The | 8 | Lover, grey lover, your arms are about me | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. January 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 172); PD | Herman 2006, p. 172 |
| Grey Seas | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Grim Land, The | 28 | From Sonora to Del Rio is a hundred barren miles | The Grim Land and Others | 1976 | | | Shares lines with Sonora to Del Rio (Lord 1976, p. 304); Letter: to H. P. Lovecraft, June 1931 (Herman 2006, p. 172) | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 172 |
| Guise of Youth, The | 20 | Men say my years are few; yet I am old | Science-Fantasy Correspondent #1 | Dec 1975 | Untitled ("Men say my years ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 307) | Lord 1976, p. 307 Herman 2006, p. 172 |
| Hadrian's Wall | 14 | Against these stones red waves of carnage break | Singers in the Shadows | 1970 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 176 Herman 2006, p. 172 |
| Hairy-Chested Idealist Sings, A | 52 | I was drunk, drunk, drunk | The Junto | Oct 1928 | [Sometimes presented without the hyphen] | | | Lord 1976, p. 307 Herman 2006, p. 172 |
| "Hark, hark, the jackals bark ..." | 41 | Hark, hark, the jackals bark | Fantasy Crossroads #7 | Feb 1976 | Madame Goose's Rhymes; Untitled ("Hark, hark, the jackals bark ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 306) | Lord 1976, p. 306 Herman 2006, p. 183 |
| Harlot, The | 12 | Mrs. Crown was a dame of the town | Risque Stories #3 | Jul 1985 | A Harlot | | | Lord 1976, p. 307 Herman 2006, pp. 172–173 |
| The Harlot's House | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| Harp of Alfred, The | 18 | I heard the harp of Alfred | Weird Tales | Sep 1928 | | Wikisource | PD | Lord 1976, p. 176 Herman 2006, p. 173 |
| Harvest | 4 | We reap and bind the bitter yield | The Howard Collector | Autumn 1972 | Untitled ("We reap and bind the bitter yield") | | Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 176) | Lord 1976, p. 176 Herman 2006, p. 173 |
| Hate's Dawn | 18 | I pinned him hard in a vacant trench | The Junto | Jul 1929 | Son of Spartacus | | | Lord 1976, p. 307 Herman 2006, p. 173 |
| A haunting cadence fills the night with fierce | 58 | A haunting cadence fills the night with fierce ... | Yesteryear #4 | Oct 1989 | Untitled: A haunting cadence fills the night | | | Herman 2006, p. 222 |
| Haunting Columns | 14 | The walls of Luxor broke the silver sand | Weird Tales | Feb 1938 | | | Fourth poem of five from the Sonnets Out of Bedlam cycle' (Herman 2006, p. 173) | Lord 1976, p. 177 Herman 2006, p. 173 |
| The Haunting of Cormac Dubh | | | n/a | n/a | | | Lost | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| He clutched his penis tight | 4 | He clutched his penis tight | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | Untitled: He clutched his penis tight | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. November 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 222); PD | Herman 2006, p. 222 |
| "He did not glance above the trail ..." | 12 | He did not glance above the trail to the laurel where I lay | Fantasy Crossroads #13 | Jun 1978 | Feud, The; Untitled ("He did not glance above the trail ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 304) | Lord 1976, p. 304 Herman 2006, p. 168 |
| "He has rigged her and tricked her" | 5 | He has rigged her and tricked her | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Stralsund, The; Untitled ("He has rigged her and tricked her") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 311) | Lord 1976, p. 311 Herman 2006, p. 211 |
| Heart of the Sea's Desire, The | 28 | The stars beat up from the shadowy sea | Always Comes Evening | 1957 | Mate of the Sea | | Title created by Dale Hart for an untitled version but another draft was later found with the title Mate of the Sea (Herman 2006, p. 173) | Lord 1976, p. 177 Herman 2006, p. 173 |
| The helmsman gaily, rode down the rickerboo | 7 | The helmsman gaily, rode down the rickerboo | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: The helmsman gaily, rode down the rickerboo | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, June 22, 1923 (Herman 2006, p. 222); PD | Herman 2006, p. 222 |
| "Here where the post oaks crown the ridge" | 39 | Here where the post oaks crown the ridge, and the dreary sand-drifts lie | A Robert E. Howard Memorial: June 13–15, 1986 | 1986 | Sand-Hills' Crest, The; Untitled: ("Here where the post oaks crown the ridge") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 310) | Lord 1976, p. 310 Herman 2006, p. 201 |
| Heritage (1) | 30 | My people came from Munster and the cold north Nevis side | The Junto The Howard Collector #10 | Aug 1929 Spring 1968 | | | Conflict: Lord (1976, p. 177), The Howard Collector, 1968/Herman (2006, p. 174), The Junto, 1929 | Lord 1976, p. 177 Herman 2006, p. 174 |
| Heritage (2) | 12 | Saxon blood in the veins of me | Fantasy Crossroads #2 | Feb 1975 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 307 Herman 2006, p. 174 |
| "H'Id like to see Cheapside go up in flames" | 4 | H'Id like to see Cheapside go up in flames | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | Untitled: ("H'Id like to see Cheapside go up in flames") | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, contained in the untitled story "Hatrack!"; NOT INCLUDED IN COLLECTED POETRY | |
| High Blue Halls | 20 | There's a kingdom far from the sun and star | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | The High Blue Halls | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. April 1929 (Herman 2006, p. 174); PD | Herman 2006, p. 174 |
| "A high land and a hill land!" | | A high land and a hill land! | Unpublished | n/a | Untitled: ("A high land and a hill land!") | | handwritten, discovered among the Tevis Clyde Smith papers at Texas A & M University | Thom, Herman & Woods |
| "High on his throne Baal-Pteor sat" | 6 | High on his throne Baal-pteor sat | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Baal-pteor; Untitled ("High on his throne Baal-Pteor sat") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 301) | Lord 1976, p. 301 Herman 2006, p. 151 Thom, Herman & Woods, § B |
| "High on his throne sat Bran Mak Morn" | 72 | High on this throne sat Bran Mak Morn | Bran Mak Morn | Sep 1969 | Song of the Race, A; Untitled ("High on his throne sat Bran Mak Morn") | | Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 188); A Bran Mak Morn poem | Lord 1976, p. 188 Herman 2006, p. 210 |
| "High the towers and mighty ..." | 43 | High the towers and mighty the walls, oh, proud-crested sons of Babylon | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Who Shall Sing of Babylon?; Untitled ("High the towers and mighty ...") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 314) | Lord 1976, p. 314 Herman 2006, p. 240 |
| The Highwaymen | 16 | The first great man that ever I robbed | The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1: 1923-1929 | Jun 2007 | Untitled: ("The first great man that ever I robbed ...") | http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=29243 ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD4Nd_rzNWg | Mnemonic reconstruction of "Allan Tyne of Harrow" aka "Valentine of Harrow" Letter: Robert W. Gordon, misdated January 2, 1926—actually 1927; NOT INCLUDED IN COLLECTED POETRY | |
| Hills of Kandahar, The | 28 | The night primeval breaks in scarlet mist | Weird Tales | Jun-July 1939 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 177 Herman 2006, p. 174 |
| Hills of the North! Lavender hills | 7 | Hills of the North! Lavender hills | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: Hills of the North! Lavender hills | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, January 30, 1925 (Herman 2006, p. 222); PD | Herman 2006, p. 222 |
| "Ho, for a trail that is bloody and long!" | 4 | Ho, for a trail that is bloody and long | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Trail's End; Untitled ("Ho, for a trail that is bloody and long!") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 312); Possibly incomplete (Lord 1976, p. 312); From: Originally embodied as an untitled verse in an untitled story ("As he approached the two ...") (Lord 1976, p. 312) | Lord 1976, p. 312 Herman 2006, p. 217 |
| Ho, ho, the long lights lift amain | Putatively, 16 lines—In the original letter, the entire poem is written out like a paragraph of prose | Ho, ho, the long lights lift amain | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: Ho, ho, the long lights lift amain | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. June 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 223) | Herman 2006, p. 223 |
| Ho merry bark, let's go." ... | | Ho merry bark, let's go." ... | The Right Hook vol. 1, #2 | 1925 | Untitled: Ho merry bark, let's go." ... | | Clearly inspired by "Canoe Song of the North" by Chester Firkins, the second verse of which reads: "Past reedy isles where summer smiles, / Ho, merry bark, let's go / And find the way of Nicollet — / The footsteps of Perrot!" | Herman 2006, p. 223 |
| The Home-coming of Solomon (1) | 44 | The white gulls wheeled above the cliffs, the air was slashed with foam | Fanciful Tales | Fall 1936 | Solomon Kane's Homecoming; Solomon Kane's Home-coming | Wikisource | Original version; A Solomon Kane poem; PD | Lord 1976, p. 186 Herman 2006, pp. 205–206 |
| Hope Empty of Meaning | 8 | Man is a fool and a blinded toy | The Howard Collector | Autumn 1971 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 177 Herman 2006, p. 174 |
| Hopes of Dreams | 20 | Sunfire caught in a windy mesh | Witchcraft & Sorcery | 1972 | | | | Lord 1976, p. 177 Herman 2006, p. 174 |
| Hour of the Dragon, The | 6 | The Lion banner sways and falls in the horror-haunted gloom | The Howard Collector | Spring 1969 | | | Epigraph: The Hour of the Dragon (Lord 1976, p. 204) | Lord 1976, p. 204 Herman 2006, p. 174 |
| House in the Oaks, The | Three quatrains for a total of 12 | Beyond the Veil what gulfs of Time and Space? / Drowsy and dull with ages the houses blink / Tread not where stony deserts hold | Dark Things | 1971 | Children of the Night | | Three verses--"An Open Window," "Arkham," and "The Children of the Night"—embedded in the text of the story The House in the Oaks (Herman 2006, p. 174); Justin Geoffrey (Herman 2006, p. 174) | Lord 1976, p. 204 Herman 2006, p. 174 |
| The House of Arabu (Verse heading) | 7 | To the house whence no one issues ... | | | | "This quote, ascribed to 'Babylonian Legend of Ishtar,' is from an actual historical document. Also known as 'The Descent of Ishtar to the Nether World,' it is among the earliest surviving religious/mythological texts. Howard's version of it appears to be quoted from Morals in Ancient Babylon, by Joseph McCabe, Little Blue Book #1076, with very minor modification."—Rusty Burke | |
| "The House of Asgaard passes ..." | 8 | The House of Asgard passes with the night | The Howard Collector #14 | Spring 1971 | Untitled ("The House of Asgaard passes ..."); Untitled: (No More the Serpent Prow) | | Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 181) | Lord 1976, p. 181 Herman 2006, p. 188 |
| House of Gael, The | 12 | The ancient boast, the ancient song | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Untitled ("The ancient boast, the ancient song") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 307) | Lord 1976, p. 307 Herman 2006, p. 174 |
| The House of Hell | | | n/a | n/a | KABRANE THE GREEK | | Lost; the two titles are listed as alternatives in the Otis Adelbert Kline agency's list of Howard poems still unaccounted for | Thom, Herman & Woods, § C |
| "How can I wear the harness of toil" | 4 | How can I wear the harness of toil | Bran Mak Morn | Sep 1969 | Drums of Pictdom, The; Untitled ("How can I wear the harness of toil") | | Originally untitled (Lord 1976, p. 173) | Lord 1976, p. 173 Herman 2006, p. 164 |
| "How long have you written, Eddie Guest?" | 5 | How long have you written, Eddie Guest? How long have you twirled a pen | A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems | 2002 | Edgar Guest; Untitled ("How long have you written, Eddie Guest?") | | Tentative title (Lord 1976, p. 303); Unfinished (Lord 1976, p. 303)/(Herman 2006, p. 166) | Lord 1976, p. 303 Herman 2006, p. 166 |
| How to Select a Successful Evangelist | 14 | First, find a man who has a goodly voice | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, c. March 1928 (Herman 2006, p. 175); PD | Herman 2006, p. 175 |
| How your right thudded on my jaw | 9 | How your right thudded on my jaw | Robert E. Howard's Fight Magazine #4 | Oct 1996 | Slugger's Vow | | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, January 30, 1925 (Herman 2006, p. 205) | Herman 2006, p. 205 |
| A hundred years the great war raged | 4 | A hundred years the great war raged | The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval | Mar 2007 | Untitled: A hundred years the great war raged | Wikisource | Letter: Tevis Clyde Smith, August 4, 1923 (Herman 2006, p. 223); PD | Herman 2006, p. 223 |
| Hy-Brasil | 52 | There's a far, lone island in the dim, red West | The Ghost Ocean and Other Poems of the Supernatural | 1982 | The Isle of Hy-Brasil | | Shares lines with Ships (Lord 1976, p. 307) | Lord 1976, p. 307 Herman 2006, p. 175 |
| Hymn of Hatred | 12 | Oh, brother coiling in the acrid grass | Always Comes Evening | 1957 | | | Shares lines with A Rattlesnake Sings in the Grass (Lord 1976, p. 177) | Lord 1976, p. 177 Herman 2006, p. 175 |