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Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems

Robert E. Howard · 2009collection

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  1. 1Proempoem
  2. 2Adventure ("Adventure, I have followed your beck ...")poem
  3. 3Adventure ("I am the spur that rides men's souls...")poem
  4. 4The Adventurer's Mistress ("The scarlet standards of the sun...")poem
  5. 5The Call of the Seapoem
  6. 6The Day That I Diepoem
  7. 7Roadspoem
  8. 8To the Contentedpoem
  9. 9Astarte's Idol Stands Alonepoem
  10. 10Black Chant Imperialpoem
  11. 11The Dust Dance ("For I, with the shape of my kin...")poem
  12. 12To the Evangelistspoem
  13. 13Untamed Avatarspoem
  14. 14A Warning ("You have built a world of paper and wood ... ")poem
  15. 15A Word from the Outer Darkpoem
  16. 16Alienpoem
  17. 17Black Harps in the Hillspoem
  18. 18"Feach Air Muir Lionadhi Gaelach Buidhe Mar Or"poem
  19. 19Heritage ("My people came from Munster and rugged Nevis-side...")poem
  20. 20Marching Song of Connachtpoem
  21. 21One Blood Strainpoem
  22. 22Retributionpoem
  23. 23Song Before Clontarfpoem
  24. 24The Last Words He Heardpoem
  25. 25The Song of the Last Britonpoem
  26. 26To Harry the Oliad Menpoem
  27. 27An Open Windowpoem
  28. 28Hymn of Hatredpoem
  29. 29Serpentpoem
  30. 30The Wheel of Destinypoem
  31. 31An Americanpoem
  32. 32A Dawn in Flanderspoem
  33. 33The Campus at Midnightpoem
  34. 34The Drumpoem
  35. 35Hate's Dawnpoem
  36. 36Little Brown Man of Nippon (Second Version)poem
  37. 37Untitled Poem ("Match a toad with a far-winged hawk...")poem
  38. 38Night Moodpoem
  39. 39Nights to Both of Us Knownpoem
  40. 40No Man's Landpoem
  41. 41Parodypoem
  42. 42Private Magrath of the A. E. F.poem
  43. 43Memories ("Shall we remember, friend of the morning...")poem
  44. 44A Son of Spartacuspoem
  45. 45A Stirring of Green Leavespoem
  46. 46Symbolspoem
  47. 47Untitled Poem ("There were three lads who went their destined ways...")poem
  48. 48The Viking of the Skypoem
  49. 49Destiny? ("What is there real, my girl... ")poem
  50. 50The Chant Demoniacpoem
  51. 51A Hairy Chested Idealist Singspoem
  52. 52Lovepoem
  53. 53Mark of the Beastpoem
  54. 54The Men That Walk with Satanpoem
  55. 55Never Beyond the Beastpoem
  56. 56An American Epicpoem
  57. 57Ancient English Balladelpoem
  58. 58A Ballad of Beerpoem
  59. 59The Bar by the Side of the Roadpoem
  60. 60The Kissing of Sal Snooboopoem
  61. 61The Maiden of Kercheezerpoem
  62. 62Nectarpoem
  63. 63The Passionate Typistpoem
  64. 64A Poet's Skullpoem
  65. 65Untitled Poem ("A Sappe ther wos and that a crumbe manne...")poem
  66. 66Fragment ("And so his boyhood wandered into youth...")poem
  67. 67The Bride of Cuchulainpoem
  68. 68A Challenge to Bastpoem
  69. 69The Day Breaks Over Simlapoem
  70. 70Desirepoem
  71. 71Egyptpoem
  72. 72Flaming Marble ("I carved a woman out of marble when...")poem
  73. 73The Gladiator and the Ladypoem
  74. 74The Heart of the Sea's Desirepoem
  75. 75Keresa, Keresitapoem
  76. 76Lesbiapoem
  77. 77Love's Young Dreampoem
  78. 78The Mythpoem
  79. 79Repentancepoem
  80. 80The Robes of the Righteouspoem
  81. 81A Roman Ladypoem
  82. 82Untitled Poem ("Scarlet and gold are the stars...")poem
  83. 83The Sea Girlpoem
  84. 84Thus in My Mood I Love Youpoem
  85. 85To a Nameless Womanpoem
  86. 86Always Comes Eveningpoem
  87. 87Untitled Poem ("After the trumps are sounded...")poem
  88. 88And So I Sangpoem
  89. 89Untitled Poem ("A beggar, singing without...")poem
  90. 90I Praise My Nativitypoem
  91. 91Life ("About me rise the primal mists...")poem
  92. 92A Manpoem
  93. 93Longfellow Revisedpoem
  94. 94Monarchspoem
  95. 95Untitled Poem ("Men are toys on a godlings string...")poem
  96. 96Untitled Poem ("Rebel souls from the falling dark...")poem
  97. 97The Adventurerpoem
  98. 98Age Comes to Rabelaispoem
  99. 99Another Hymn of Hatepoem
  100. 100Autumnpoem
  101. 101Echoes from an Anvilpoem
  102. 102A Fable for Criticspoem
  103. 103Man Am Ipoem
  104. 104Moonlight on a Skullpoem
  105. 105Musings ("The little poets sing of little things ...")poem
  106. 106The Poetspoem
  107. 107Recompensepoem
  108. 108Romance ("I am king of all the Ages...")poem
  109. 109Shadow of Dreamspoem
  110. 110Slumberpoem
  111. 111A Sonnet of Good Cheerpoem
  112. 112Untitled Poem ("The times, the times stride on apace and fast...")poem
  113. 113To All Sophisticatespoem
  114. 114To Lyle Saxonpoem
  115. 115To Modernspoem
  116. 116To the Stylistspoem
  117. 117Which Will Scarcely Be Understoodpoem
  118. 118The Actorpoem
  119. 119The Builders ("We reared up Babel's towers...")poem
  120. 120Castawaypoem
  121. 121The Builders [Version 3] ("The towers stand recorders...")poem
  122. 122Cowboypoem
  123. 123Dreamerpoem
  124. 124Nunpoem
  125. 125The Choir Girlpoem
  126. 126Emancipationpoem
  127. 127The Followerpoem
  128. 128A Great Man Speakspoem
  129. 129Girlpoem
  130. 130Harvestpoem
  131. 131Libertinepoem
  132. 132Prudepoem
  133. 133The Peasant on the Euphratespoem
  134. 134Sailorpoem
  135. 135Toperpoem
  136. 136The Cats of Anubispoem
  137. 137Cretepoem
  138. 138Deepspoem
  139. 139Desert Dawnpoem
  140. 140Easter Islandpoem
  141. 141A Far Countrypoem
  142. 142The Gods of Easter Islandpoem
  143. 143The Gods of the Jungle Drumspoem
  144. 144High Blue Hallspoem
  145. 145Untitled Poem ("Hills of the North! Lavender hills...")poem
  146. 146The Isle of Hy-Brasilpoem
  147. 147Nocturnepoem
  148. 148Ocean-Thoughtspoem
  149. 149Rebellionpoem
  150. 150Shipspoem
  151. 151Twilight on Stonehengepoem
  152. 152L'envoi ("Twilight striding o'er the mountain...")poem
  153. 153Ju-Ju Doompoem
  154. 154On with the Playpoem
  155. 155Red Thunderpoem
  156. 156The Skull in the Cloudspoem
  157. 157A Riding Songpoem
  158. 158Universepoem
  159. 159Visionspoem
  160. 160The Guise of Youthpoem
  161. 161Memories ("I rose in the path of a hurtling dawn...")poem
  162. 162Memories of Alfredpoem
  163. 163Remembrancepoem
  164. 164Shadows from Yesterdaypoem
  165. 165To a Friendpoem
  166. 166When Death Drops Her Veilpoem
  167. 167White Thunderpoem
  168. 168Attila Rides No Morepoem
  169. 169Babylonpoem
  170. 170Dreamspoem
  171. 171The Cells of the Coliseumpoem
  172. 172Crusadepoem
  173. 173The Cry Everlastingpoem
  174. 174Dreaming on Downspoem
  175. 175A Dungeon Openspoem
  176. 176An Echo from the Iron Harppoem
  177. 177The Gates of Babylonpoem
  178. 178Hadrian's Wallpoem
  179. 179The Harp of Alfredpoem
  180. 180The Hills of Kandaharpoem
  181. 181An Incident of the Muscovy-Turkish Warpoem
  182. 182The Master-Drumpoem
  183. 183Nisapurpoem
  184. 184The Riders of Babylonpoem
  185. 185The Road to Blisspoem
  186. 186The Road to Yesterdaypoem
  187. 187Shadows on the Roadpoem
  188. 188A Song of the Don Cossackspoem
  189. 189A Song of the Legionspoem
  190. 190The Ages Stride on Golden Feetpoem
  191. 191The Call of Panpoem
  192. 192Earth-Bornpoem
  193. 193Hope Empty of Meaningpoem
  194. 194The Gods I Worshippedpoem
  195. 195Illusionpoem
  196. 196A Momentpoem
  197. 197Untitled Poem ("This is a young world...")poem
  198. 198Ambitionpoem
  199. 199The Adventurer's Mistress ("The fogs of night fling banners red...")poem
  200. 200Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Diepoem
  201. 201An Outworn Storypoem
  202. 202Untitled Poem ("Mingle my dust with the burning brand...")poem
  203. 203Romany Roadpoem
  204. 204The Sands of Timepoem
  205. 205Surrender ("Open the window and let me go...")poem
  206. 206The Tempterpoem
  207. 207The Years Are As a Knifepoem
  208. 208Agepoem
  209. 209Balladepoem
  210. 210Dreams of Ninevahpoem
  211. 211Empire's Destinypoem
  212. 212Untitled ("For what is a maid to the shout of kings...")poem
  213. 213Futility ("Time races on and none can stay the tread...")poem
  214. 214The Gates of Ninevehpoem
  215. 215The Mountains of Californiapoem
  216. 216The Night Windspoem
  217. 217Oh Babylon, Lost Babylonpoem
  218. 218Only a Shadow on the Grasspoem
  219. 219The Path of the Strange Wandererspoem
  220. 220Roar, Silver Trumpetspoem
  221. 221Timur-Langpoem
  222. 222Where Are Your Knights, Donn Othna?poem
  223. 223The Affair at the Tavernpoem
  224. 224Untitled Poem ("And Bill, he looked at me and said...")poem
  225. 225A Legend of Faring Townpoem
  226. 226Miser's Goldpoem
  227. 227The Open Windowpoem
  228. 228The Outcastpoem
  229. 229Rebelpoem
  230. 230The Baron and the Wenchpoem
  231. 231Swamp Murderpoem
  232. 232Untitled Poem ("Swords glimmered up the pass...")poem
  233. 233The Witchpoem
  234. 234Flightpoem
  235. 235Lilithpoem
  236. 236Skulls Over Judahpoem
  237. 237Two Menpoem
  238. 238Untitled Poem ("All the crowd meek and proud...")poem
  239. 239Untitled Poem ("And Dempsey climbed into the ring and the crowd sneered...")poem
  240. 240"Aw Come on and Fight!"poem
  241. 241The Champpoem
  242. 242The Cooling of Spike McRuepoem
  243. 243Fables for Little Folkspoem
  244. 244In the Ringpoem
  245. 245Jack Dempseypoem
  246. 246John L. Sullivanpoem
  247. 247Kid Lavigne Is Deadpoem
  248. 248Untitled Poem ("They matched me up that night with a bird that was a fright...")poem
  249. 249Time, the Victorpoem
  250. 250A Tribute to the Sportsmanship of the Fanspoem
  251. 251Untitled Poem ("We are the duckers of crosses...")poem
  252. 252When You Were a Set-Up and I Was a Hampoem
  253. 253Victorypoem
  254. 254When the Gods Were Kingspoem
  255. 255The Zulu Lordpoem
  256. 256Zululandpoem
  257. 257All Hallows Evepoem
  258. 258Untitled Poem ("Against the blood red moon a tower stands...")poem
  259. 259Arkhampoem
  260. 260At the Bazaarpoem
  261. 261Black Seaspoem
  262. 262Dead Man's Hatepoem
  263. 263The Dead Slaver's Talepoem
  264. 264Destinationpoem
  265. 265Devon Oakpoem
  266. 266A Dull Sound As of Knockingpoem
  267. 267Drownedpoem
  268. 268The Dweller in Dark Valleypoem
  269. 269Far in the Gloomy Northlandpoem
  270. 270The Fear That Followspoem
  271. 271Forbidden Magicpoem
  272. 272The Ghost Kingspoem
  273. 273The Ghost Oceanpoem
  274. 274The Lost Galleypoem
  275. 275Moon Mockerypoem
  276. 276The Moor Ghostpoem
  277. 277One Who Comes at Eventidepoem
  278. 278The Phantoms Gatherpoem
  279. 279The Rhyme of the Three Slaverspoem
  280. 280The Ride of Falumepoem
  281. 281The Sea-Womanpoem
  282. 282Shadow Thingpoem
  283. 283Shadows ("Grey ghost, dim ghost...")poem
  284. 284Shadows of Dreamspoem
  285. 285The Song of a Mad Minstrelpoem
  286. 286A Song of the Werewolf Folkpoem
  287. 287The Strangerpoem
  288. 288The Symbolpoem
  289. 289The Tavernpoem
  290. 290Thus Spake Sven the Foolpoem
  291. 291To a Woman ("Though fathoms deep you sink me in the mold...")poem
  292. 292Up, John Kane!poem
  293. 293The Alamopoem
  294. 294The Ballad of Buckshot Robertspoem
  295. 295But the Hills Were Ancient Thenpoem
  296. 296Ghost Dancerspoem
  297. 297The Feudpoem
  298. 298The Grim Landpoem
  299. 299John Ringoldpoem
  300. 300The Kiowa's Talepoem
  301. 301The Lost San Saba Minepoem
  302. 302Modest Billpoem
  303. 303Untitled Poem ("Old Faro Bill was a man of might...")poem
  304. 304San Jacinto ("Flowers bloom on San Jacinto...")poem
  305. 305San Jacinto ("Red field of glory...")poem
  306. 306The Sand-Hills' Crestpoem
  307. 307Sonora to Del Riopoem
  308. 308The Ballad of King Geraintpoem
  309. 309Eric of Norwaypoem
  310. 310A Buccaneer Speakspoem
  311. 311Buccaneer Treasurepoem
  312. 312Drake Sings of Yesterdaypoem
  313. 313A Dying Pirate Speaks of Treasurepoem
  314. 314Flint's Passingpoem
  315. 315A Pirate Rememberspoem
  316. 316A Song of the Anchor Chainpoem
  317. 317Am-Ra the Ta-Anpoem
  318. 318The Bell of Mornipoem
  319. 319The Black Stonepoem
  320. 320The Blood of Belshazzarpoem
  321. 321Cimmeriapoem
  322. 322The Drums of Pictdompoem
  323. 323The Grey God Passespoem
  324. 324Kelly the Conjure-Manpoem
  325. 325Kings of the Nightpoem
  326. 326The Hour of the Dragonpoem
  327. 327The King and the Oakpoem
  328. 328The Lion of Tiberiaspoem
  329. 329Men of the Shadowspoem
  330. 330The One Black Stainpoem
  331. 331The Phoenix on the Swordpoem
  332. 332Queen of the Black Coastpoem
  333. 333The Pool of the Black Onepoem
  334. 334Red Blades of Black Cathaypoem
  335. 335The Return of Sir Richard Grenvillepoem
  336. 336Runepoem
  337. 337The Road of Azraelpoem
  338. 338The Scarlet Citadelpoem
  339. 339Solomon Kane's Homecomingpoem
  340. 340Something About Evepoem
  341. 341Song of the Pictpoem
  342. 342A Song of the Racepoem
  343. 343The Sowers of the Thunderpoem
  344. 344The Thing on the Roofpoem
  345. 345The Tower of Zukalapoem
  346. 346Zukala's Hourpoem
  347. 347Zukala's Jestpoem
  348. 348Zukala's Love Songpoem
  349. 349The Outgoing of Sigurd the Jerusalem-Farerpoem
  350. 350The Return of the Sea-Farerpoem
  351. 351The Rhyme of the Viking Pathpoem
  352. 352Singing Hemppoem
  353. 353The Song of Horsa's Galleypoem
  354. 354Viking's Trailpoem
  355. 355Viking's Visionpoem
  356. 356Shadows ("A black moon nailed against a sullen dawn...")poem
  357. 357Cloudspoem
  358. 358Shrinespoem
  359. 359The Iron Harp ("They sell brown men for gold in Zanzibar...")poem
  360. 360The Soul-Eaterpoem
  361. 361The Last Hourpoem
  362. 362The Singer in the Mistpoem
  363. 363Haunting Columnspoem
  364. 364The Dream and the Shadowpoem
  365. 365The Voices Waken Memorypoem
  366. 366Babelpoem
  367. 367Laughter in the Gulfspoem
  368. 368Moon Shamepoem
  369. 369A Crown for a Kingpoem
  370. 370Invocationpoem
  371. 371Flaming Marble ("This is a dream that comes to me often ...")poem
  372. 372Skulls and Orchidspoem
  373. 373Medallions in the Moonpoem
  374. 374The Gods That Men Forgetpoem
  375. 375Bloodstones and Ebonypoem