A Rhyme of Salem Town and Other Poems. Contains a First Appearance or complete publication of the poem “The Call of the Sea”.

In 2002, the then-owners of the rights to Robert E. Howard’s works decided to publish a series of three books in order to extend the U.S. copyrights of the unpublished material. Otherwise all this unpublished material would have been public domain in the U.S. after 12/31/2006.

Three books were published – A RHYME OF SALEM TOWN AND OTHER POEMS, DEAR HPL (Howard’s letters to Lovecraft), and DEAR AUGUST (Howard’s letters to August Derleth). 10 copies of each book were to be prepared by Glenn Lord, but fewer than 10 were eventually produced, maybe as few as 6 copies of each.

A RHYME OF SALEM TOWN was an attempt to publish all the previously unpublished REH poetry. Glenn Lord also included a few previously published but uncollected poems. He did not include the large numbers of poems (mostly all still unpublished) from the REH letters to Tevis Clyde Smith.

Contents

• 1 • Ace High • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 2 • The Affair at the Tavern • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 5 • The Actor • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 6 • The Ages Stride on Golden Feet • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 7 • And So I Sang • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 8 • Artifice • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 9 • Another Hymn of Hate • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 11 • As I Rode Down to Lincoln Town • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 12 • Astarte’s Idol Stands Alone • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 13 • Baal-Pteor • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 14 • The Bandit • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 15 • The Baron and the Wench • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 16 • The Broken Walls of Babel • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 17 • The Builders (“We reared up Babel’s towers … “) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 18 • The Call of the Sea • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 20 • A Calling to Rome • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 21 • The Cells of the Coliseum • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 22 • The Chief of the Matabeles • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 25 • Code • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 26 • Cornish Jack • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 29 • The Cry Everlasting • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 31 • The Desert • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 32 • The Desert Hawk • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 34 • Devon Oak • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 35 • The Drum • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 36 • A Dull Sound as of Knocking • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 37 • Echoes from an Anvil • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 39 • Edgar Guest • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 40 • Eric of Norway • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 46 • Escape • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 47 • Exhortation • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 48 • Far in the Gloomy Northland • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 49 • Farewell, Proud Munster • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 51 • Freedom • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 52 • The Gods I Worshipped • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 53 • An Incident of the Muscovy-Turkish War • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 54 • King of the Sea • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 55 • Krakorum • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 56 • The Ladder of Life • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 57 • Land of the Pioneer • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 58 • The Lies • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 60 • Longfellow Revised • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 61 • Little Bell of Brass • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 62 • Little Brown Man of Nippon (version 1) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 64 • The Lost San Saba Mine • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 67 • Lunacy Chant • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 69 • Mahomet • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 70 • Man, the Master • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 71 • Mankind • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 74 • Mine but to Serve • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 78 • A Misty Sea • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 79 • Mihiragula • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 81 • Modest Bill • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 85 • Native Hell • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 86 • No Man’s Land • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 88 • Now and Then • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 89 • O the Brave Sea-Rover • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 90 • The Oaks • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 91 • On with the Play • (1972) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 92 • Over the Old Rio Grandey • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 93 • Only a Shadow on the Grass • (1978) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 94 • The Open Window • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 95 • Passing of the Elder Gods • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 96 • Perspective • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 97 • The Phantoms Gather • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 98 • The Phases of Life • (1992) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 99 • The Pirate • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 100 • The Plains of Gilban • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 101 • Prelude • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 102 • The Primal Urge • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 103 • Rattle of Drums • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 105 • A Quatrain of Beauty • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 106 • A Rhyme of Salem Town • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 110 • Romance (“I am king of all the Ages…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 111 • The Road to Bliss • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 13 • The Road to Freedom • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 114 • The Road to Yesterday • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 115 • Roads • (1972) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 116 • Roar, Silver Trumpets • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 117 • The Rover • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 118 • The Rulers • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 120 • San Jacinto (“Red field of glory…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 121 • The Sea and the Sunrise • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 122 • Sea-Chant • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 123 • Senor Zorro • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 125 • The Sign of the Sickle • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 126 • The Slayer • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 128 • A Song of Bards • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 129 • The Stralsund • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 130 • Swings and Swings • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 130 • The Sword of Lal Singh • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 133 • The Tartar Raid • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 134 • Time, the Victor • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 135 • To a Kind Missionary Woiker • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 136 • To Moderns • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 139 • To the Stylists • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 140 • The Tower of Zukala • [The Zukala Poems: A Narrative Cycle • 1] • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 142 • The Trail of Gold • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 143 • Trail’s End • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 144 • Untamed Avatars • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 145 • Untitled (“Murky the night …”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 146 • The Wanderer • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 147 • Was I There? • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 148 • West • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 149 • The Wheel of Destiny • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 150 • When I Was a Youth • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 151 • When I Was in Africa • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 152 • When Men Were Bold • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 153 • Who Shall Sing of Babylon? • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 156 • The Winds of the Sea • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 157 • The Winds That Walk the World • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 160 • The Worshippers • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 162 • Zululand • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 165 • Untitled (“For what is a maid to the shout of kings…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 166 • Untitled (“As you dance upon the air…”) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 167 • Yesterdays • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 169 • Baal • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 171 • Down the Ages • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 172 • The House of Gael • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 173 • Ju-Ju Doom • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 174 • Mystic Lore • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 175 • The King of Trade • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 176 • The Peasant on the Euphrates • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 177 • Am-ra the Ta-an • poem by Robert E. Howard

Notes

Patrice Louinet’s edition of this was put on auction on eBay on September 26, 2022. It was sold on October 4 for $1030 together with TOWN AND OTHER POEMS and DEAR HPL (Howard’s letters to Lovecraft).

It was sold on October 4 for $1030 together with A RHYME OF SALEM TOWN AND OTHER POEMS and DEAR HPL (Howard’s letters to Lovecraft).Since publication, twenty years ago, only ONE copy of ONE of the three items ever changed hands: A Rhyme of Salem Town, which sold for $2,800 in 2006 on eBay.

This was published by Paradox Entertainment when they purchased Robert E. Howard Properties, Ltd. to preserve copyrights.
Most of the contents had never been published before.

Edited by Glenn Lord. Facsimile copies of Howard typescripts. 6 copies produced, none sold. One copy in the Library of Congress. Only the ToC has numbered pages (Roman numerals). THE POEMS THEMSELVES ARE NOT ON NUMBERED PAGES.