A selection of poems sold exclusively at the Howard House in Cross Plains, Texas.  

Contents

• xi • Robert E. Howard, The Poet • essay by uncredited
• xiv • A Note on the Text • essay by uncredited
• 1 • Texas and the Old West • essay by uncredited
• 2 • Cimmeria • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 4 • The Kiowa’s Tale • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 6 • The Grim Land • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 8 • The Feud • (1978) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 9 • But the Hills Were Ancient Then • (1959) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 11 • The Ballad of Buckshot Roberts • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 14 • The Alamo • (2007) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 15 • John Ringold • (1964) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 16 • The Lost San Saba Mine • (2002) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 19 • Ghost Dancers • (1986) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 21 • San Jacinto (“Flowers bloom on San Jacinto…”) • (2007) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 22 • The Sand-Hills’ Crest • (1986) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 25 • Wanderlust • essay by uncredited
• 26 • Adventure (“Adventure, I have followed your beck …”) • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 28 • The Outgoing of Sigurd the Jerusalem-Farer • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 30 • Crusade • (2007) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 32 • The Return of the Sea-Farer • (1978) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 35 • Ocean-Thoughts • (2007) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 36 • Ancestral Echoes • essay by uncredited
• 37 • Heritage (“My people came from Munster and rugged Nevis-side…”) • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 40 • The Song of Horsa’s Galley • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 41 • The Harp of Alfred • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 42 • Singing Hemp • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 43 • Black Harps in the Hills • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 46 • Viking’s Trail • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 47 • Dreaming on Downs • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 49 • The Song of the Last Briton • (1982) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 50 • Other Places • essay by uncredited
• 51 • The Isle of Hy-Brasil • (1982) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 55 • Desert Dawn • (1939) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 56 • Easter Island • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 57 • Twilight on Stonehenge • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 58 • Ancient History • essay by uncredited
• 59 • Men of the Shadows • [Bran Mak Morn] • (1957) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 61 • Dreams of Nineveh • (1959) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Dreams of Ninevah)
• 62 • Empire’s Destiny • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 64 • Hadrian’s Wall • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 65 • The Bible • essay by uncredited
• 66 • Flight • (1971) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 68 • Two Men • (1982) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 71 • Poems on Poetry • essay by uncredited
• 72 • The Adventurer • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 75 • Shadow of Dreams • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 77 • Recompense • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 79 • Autumn • (1933) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 80 • The Joy of Life • essay by uncredited
• 81 • A Moment • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 82 • Earth-Born • (1961) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 84 • This Is a Young World • (1998) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Untitled poem (“This is a young world…”))
• 85 • The Ages Stride on Golden Feet • (2002) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 86 • Humor • essay by uncredited
• 87 • Roses Laughed in Her Pretty Hair • (2007) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Untitled poem (“Roses laughed in her pretty hair…”))
• 88 • The Seven-Up Ballad • (1990) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 91 • An American Epic • (2007) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 92 • The Kissing of Sal Snooboo • (1925) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 94 • Love • essay by uncredited
• 95 • The Gladiator and the Lady • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 97 • Scarlet and Gold Are the Stars Tonight • (2007) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Untitled poem (“Scarlet and gold are the stars…”))
• 98 • The Bride of Cuchulain • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 100 • The Times and World of REH • essay by uncredited
• 101 • A Dawn in Flanders • (1964) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 102 • Emancipation • (1957) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 103 • The Campus at Midnight • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 104 • Roundelay of the Roughneck • (1926) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 108 • Self-Reflection • essay by uncredited
• 109 • Symbols • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 110 • There Were Three Lads Who Went Their Destined Ways • (2007) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Untitled poem (“There were three lads who went their destined ways…”))
• 113 • The Ecstasy of Desolation • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 114 • Boxing • essay by uncredited
• 115 • In the Ring • (1996) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 118 • Kid Lavigne Is Dead • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 120 • John L. Sullivan • (1998) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 122 • Fables for Little Folks • (1926) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 123 • When You Were a Set-up and I Was a Ham • (1990) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 125 • Barbarism Ascendant • essay by uncredited
• 126 • A Word from the Outer Dark • (1974) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 128 • Heroic Verse • essay by uncredited
• 129 • A Warning to Orthodoxy • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 131 • The One Black Stain • [Solomon Kane] • (1962) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 135 • The King and the Oak • [Kull of Valusia] • (1939) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 137 • A Song of the Race • [Bran Mak Morn] • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 141 • The Return of Sir Richard Grenville • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 143 • The Hour of the Dragon • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 144 • A Crown for a King • [Voices of the Night • 5] • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 146 • Solomon Kane’s Homecoming • [Solomon Kane] • (1936) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 150 • The Scary Stuff • essay by uncredited
• 151 • Musings (“The little poets sing of little things …”) • (1968) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 152 • Up John Kane! • (2009) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Up, John Kane! 1977)
• 154 • Miser’s Gold • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 155 • The Dweller in Dark Valley • (1965) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 157 • Drake Sings of Yesterday • (1981) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 160 • Remembrance • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 161 • The Ride of Falume • (1927) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 163 • Black Seas • (1987) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 164 • An Open Window • (1932) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 165 • Shadow Thing • (1982) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 167 • Buccaneer Treasure • (1985) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 178 • Dead Man’s Hate • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 181 • The Lost Galley • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 183 • Shadows of Dreams • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 187 • The Bell of Morni • (2001) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 189 • Forbidden Magic • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 190 • The Ghost Ocean • (1982) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 191 • Shadows (“Grey ghost, dim ghost…”) • (1970) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 192 • Drowned • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 193 • A Pirate Remembers • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 194 • Moon Mockery • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 195 • The Moor Ghost • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 196 • Shadows from Yesterday • (1982) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 199 • The Ghost Kings • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 201 • Facing the End • essay by uncredited
• 202 • A Man • (1998) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 203 • Nights to Both of Us Known • (1989) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 205 • The Tide • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 207 • The Adventurer’s Mistress (“The fogs of night fling banners red…”) • (2007) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 211 • The Day That I Die • (1967) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 213 • Afterword (A Word from the Outer Dark) • essay by uncredited

Notes

Selection, arrangement, and commentary by Paul Herman.Sold exclusively at the Howard House in Cross Plains, Texas.

First printing limited to 40 copies.Second printing adds Paul Herman’s name to the title page and corrects one error in the Table of Contents. “Shadows of Yesterday” was corrected to be “Shadows from Yesterday.”

The following poems were untitled by REH.
It is traditional to take untitled poems and use the first line as a title when collecting an author’s work.
“This is a Young World”
“Roses Laughed in Her Pretty Hair”
“Scarlet and Gold are the Stars Tonight”
“There Were Three Lads Who Went Their Destined Ways”