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• xv • Introduction (Dark of the Moon) • essay by August Derleth
• 3 • A Lyke-Wake Dirge • poem by Anonymous
• 3 • The Twa Corbies • poem by uncredited [as by Anonymous]
• 5 • William and Marjorie • poem by Anonymous
• 7 • The Wee Wee Man • poem by Anonymous
• 8 • The Wife of Usher's Well • (unknown) • poem by Anonymous
• 10 • Fair Eleanor • (1783) • poem by William Blake (variant of Fair Elenor)
• 13 • Address to the Deil • (1786) • poem by Robert Burns
• 18 • Tam O'Shanter: A Tale • (1791) • poem by Robert Burns (variant of Tam O'Shanter)
• 26 • Death and Dr. Hornbook: A True Story [Scots] • (1787) • poem by Robert Burns
• 33 • Kilmeny • (1813) • poem by James Hogg
• 41 • The Eve of St. John • (1799) • poem by Sir Walter Scott
• 49 • Kubla Khan • (1910) • poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (variant of Kubla Khan or a Vision of Dream 1816)
• 50 • Phantom • (1834) • poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• 51 • The Lake of the Dismal Swamp • (1806) • poem by Thomas Moore
• 52 • The Hand of Glory • [The Ingoldsby Legends] • (1838) • poem by Richard Harris Barham [as by Thomas Ingolsby]
• 60 • The Erl King • poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (trans. of
  Der Erlkönig^?Der Erlkoenig
  1782)
• 61 • La Belle Dame Sans Merci • (1820) • poem by John Keats
• 63 • The Haunted House • (1844) • poem by Thomas Hood
• 76 • The Dream of Eugene Aram • (1829) • poem by Thomas Hood
• 83 • Pompey's Ghost • (1842) • poem by Thomas Hood
• 87 • The Ghost • (1833) • poem by Thomas Hood
• 89 • The Phantom-Wooer • (1850) • poem by Thomas Lovell Beddoes
• 90 • The Ghosts' Moonshine • (1851) • poem by Thomas Lovell Beddoes
• 91 • The Phantom Ship • (1851) • poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• 93 • The Legend of Rabbi Ben Levi • (1863) • poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• 95 • The Ghosts • poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• 102 • The Raven • (1845) • poem by Edgar Allan Poe
• 106 • Dream-Land • (1844) • poem by Edgar Allan Poe
• 108 • Ulalume • (1850) • poem by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of To —— —— ——: Ulalume: A Ballad 1847)
• 111 • Rizpah • (1910) • poem by Alfred Tennyson [as by Alfred, Lord Tennyson]
• 114 • A Lowland Witch Ballad • (1882) • poem by William Bell Scott
• 116 • The Legend of the Glaive • (1863) • poem by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu [as by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]
• 129 • The Weird Lady • (1839) • poem by Charles Kingsley
• 130 • The Sands of Dee • (1849) • poem by Charles Kingsley
• 131 • Keith of Ravelston • poem by Sydney Thompson Dobell
• 133 • The Witch Bride • (1850) • poem by William Allingham
• 134 • The Fairies • (1850) • poem by William Allingham
• 136 • The Flying Dutchman • poem by Charles Godfrey Leland
• 136 • The Lost Steamship • (1860) • poem by Fitz-James O'Brien
• 139 • The Three Gannets • (1881) • poem by Fitz-James O'Brien
• 140 • The Demon of the Gibbet • (1881) • poem by Fitz-James O'Brien
• 141 • Sister Helen • (1853) • poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
• 151 • Goblin Market • (1862) • poem by Christina Rossetti
• 168 • The Ghost's Petition • (1866) • poem by Christina Rossetti
• 171 • The City of Dreadful Night • (1874) • poem by James Thomson (1834-1882)
• 210 • The Wind • (1858) • poem by William Morris
• 214 • The Highwayman's Ghost • (1859) • poem by Richard Garnett
• 215 • The Ballad of Judas Iscariot • (1872) • poem by Robert Buchanan
• 222 • The Song of the Ghost • poem by Alfred Perceval Graves (variant of Song of the Ghost 1880) [as by A. P. Graves]
• 223 • A Glimpse of Pan • (1883) • poem by James Whitcomb Riley
• 224 • The Witch of Erkmurden • (1879) • poem by James Whitcomb Riley
• 226 • A Windy Night • (1906) • poem by Lizette Woodworth Reese
• 227 • Roads • poem by Lizette Woodworth Reese
• 228 • An April Ghost • (1906) • poem by Lizette Woodworth Reese
• 228 • Bitters • (1928) • poem by Lizette Woodworth Reese
• 229 • The True Lover • (1896) • poem by A. E. Housman
• 230 • Lazarus • poem by
  José Asunción Silva^?Jose Asuncion Silva
• 231 • All-Souls' Night • poem by Dora Sigerson Shorter
• 232 • The Fair Little Maiden • poem by Dora Sigerson Shorter
• 233 • The Fetch • poem by Dora Sigerson Shorter (variant of The Fetch: A Ballad 1898)
• 237 • The Fairy Thorn-Tree • poem by Dora Sigerson Shorter
• 241 • Luke Havergal • (1897) • poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson
• 242 • The Superstitious Ghost • (1918) • poem by Arthur Guiterman
• 244 • The Listeners • (1911) • poem by Walter de la Mare
• 245 • The Little Green Orchard • (1912) • poem by Walter de la Mare
• 246 • The Ghost • (1914) • poem by Walter de la Mare
• 247 • A Dracula of the Hills • (1923) • poem by Amy Lowell
• 259 • The Paper in the Gate-Legged Table • (1924) • poem by Amy Lowell
• 268 • Haunted • (1919) • poem by Amy Lowell
• 269 • The Witch of Coös • (1923) • poem by Robert Frost
• 274 • The Little Dead Child • (1900) • poem by Josephine Daskam Bacon
• 276 • Dave Lilly • (1914) • poem by Joyce Kilmer
• 277 • The Sorceress of the Moon • (1914) • poem by
  William Rose Benét^?William Rose Benet
• 279 • 221B • (1945) • poem by Vincent Starrett
• 279 • Changeling • (1922) • poem by Vincent Starrett
• 280 • Visitation • (1943) • poem by Vincent Starrett
• 280 • Legend • (1927) • poem by Vincent Starrett
• 281 • Gooseflesh • poem by Vincent Starrett
• 282 • Extraordinary Visit • poem by Vincent Starrett
• 283 • Sea Story • poem by Vincent Starrett
• 285 • Lonesome Water • (1930) • poem by Roy Helton
• 287 • Old Christmas • (1930) • poem by Roy Helton
• 289 • Psychopompos • (1937) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 299 • The Book • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 1] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 299 • Pursuit • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 2] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 300 • The Key • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 3] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 300 • Recognition • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 4] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 301 • Homecoming • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 5] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 301 • The Lamp • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 6] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 302 • Zaman's Hill • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 7] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 302 • The Port • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 8] • (unknown) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 303 • The Courtyard • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 9] • (unknown) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 303 • The Pigeon-Flyers • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 10] • (unknown) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 304 • The Well • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 11] • (unknown) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 304 • The Howler • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 12] • (unknown) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 305 • Hesperia • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 13] • (unknown) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 305 • Star-Winds • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 14] • (unknown) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 306 • Antarktos • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 15] • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 306 • The Window • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 16] • (unknown) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 307 • A Memory • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 17] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 307 • The Gardens of Yin • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 18] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 308 • The Bells • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 19] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 308 • Night-Gaunts • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 20] • (1930) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 309 • Nyarlathotep • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 21] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 309 • Azathoth • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 22] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 310 • Mirage • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 23] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 310 • The Canal • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 24] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 311 • St. Toad's • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 25] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 311 • The Familiars • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 26] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 312 • The Elder Pharos • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 27] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 312 • Expectancy • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 28] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 313 • Nostalgia • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 29] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 313 • Background • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 30] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 314 • The Dweller • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 31] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 314 • Alienation • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 32] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 315 • Harbour Whistles • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 33] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 315 • Recapture • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 34] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 316 • Evening Star • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 35] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 316 • Continuity • [Fungi from Yuggoth • 36] • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 317 • The Messenger • (1943) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 317 • The Ancient Track • (1930) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
• 319 • The Warning • poem by Robert P. Tristram Coffin
• 319 • The Eldritch Dark • (1912) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 320 • Warning • (1928) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 321 • The Hashish-Eater • poem by Clark Ashton Smith (variant of The Hashish-Eater: or, The Apocalypse of Evil 1922)
• 338 • Nightmare • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 339 • Outlanders • (1937) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 339 • Nyctalops • (1929) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 341 • Shadows • (1930) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 342 • The Envoys • (1926) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 343 • Fantaisie d'Antan • (1929) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 344 • In Thessaly • (1935) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 345 • Resurrection • (1947) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 346 • The Owls • poem by Charles Baudelaire (trans. of Les hiboux 1857) [as by Timeus Gaylord]
• 347 • The Orchard Ghost • (1928) • poem by Mark Van Doren
• 348 • Werewolf • poem by Arthur Inman
• 349 • Metropolitan Nightmare • (1927) • poem by
  Stephen Vincent Benét^?Stephen Vincent Benet
• 352 • Nightmare Number Three • (1935) • poem by
  Stephen Vincent Benét^?Stephen Vincent Benet
• 354 • The Goblin Tower • (1935) • poem by Frank Belknap Long
• 355 • In Mayan Splendor • (1934) • poem by Frank Belknap Long
• 356 • Sonnet • (1935) • poem by Frank Belknap Long
• 356 • A Knight of La Mancha • (1925) • poem by Frank Belknap Long
• 357 • On Reading Arthur Machen • (1925) • poem by Frank Belknap Long
• 357 • The Abominable Snow Men • (1931) • poem by Frank Belknap Long
• 358 • The Horror on Dagoth Wold • (1930) • poem by Frank Belknap Long
• 359 • Just Then the Door • poem by Merrill Moore
• 360 • Forgetful Hour • (1946) • poem by Yetza Gillespie
• 361 • The Specter's Tale • poem by Yetza Gillespie
• 363 • The Haunted Stairs • (1946) • poem by Yetza Gillespie
• 363 • The Snake • (1943) • poem by Francis Flagg
• 364 • The Dreamer in the Desert • (1942) • poem by Francis Flagg
• 367 • Strange • poem by Dorothy Quick
• 367 • Forest God • poem by Dorothy Quick
• 368 • Tree Woman • (1946) • poem by Dorothy Quick
• 368 • The Wolves of Egremont • poem by Dorothy Quick
• 369 • The Harp of Alfred • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard [as by Robert Ervin Howard]
• 370 • Futility • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Futility ("Golden goats on a hillside black ...") 1937) [as by Robert Ervin Howard]
• 370 • The Singer in the Mist • [Sonnets Out of Bedlam • 5] • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard [as by Robert Ervin Howard]
• 371 • Arkham • (1932) • poem by Robert E. Howard [as by Robert Ervin Howard]
• 371 • Solomon Kane's Home-Coming • [Solomon Kane] • (1936) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Solomon Kane's Homecoming) [as by Robert Ervin Howard]
• 373 • Moon Mockery • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard [as by Robert Ervin Howard]
• 373 • The King and the Oak • [Kull of Valusia] • (1939) • poem by Robert E. Howard [as by Robert Ervin Howard]
• 374 • Recompense • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard [as by Robert Ervin Howard]
• 375 • Always Comes Evening • (1940) • poem by Robert E. Howard [as by Robert Ervin Howard]
• 376 • The Ghost Kings • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard [as by Robert Ervin Howard]
• 377 • The Last Hour • [Sonnets Out of Bedlam • 3] • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard [as by Robert Ervin Howard]
• 377 • Which Will Scarcely Be Understood • poem by Robert E. Howard [as by Robert Ervin Howard]
• 379 • Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard [as by Robert Ervin Howard]
• 380 • After Sleep • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours] • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 380 • Purple • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours • 3] • (1928) • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 381 • The Hungry Flowers • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours • 1] • (1928) • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 381 • The Eye • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours • 4] • (1928) • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 382 • The Torturers • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours] • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 382 • The Statues • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours • 7] • (1928) • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 383 • The Old Companions • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours] • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 383 • The Head • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours • 9] • (1928) • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 384 • In the Attic • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours] • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 384 • The Cocoon • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours] • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 385 • The Metal God • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours] • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 385 • The Little Creature • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours] • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 386 • The Pool • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours] • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 386 • The Prey • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours] • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 387 • The Rack • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours] • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 387 • Escape • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours] • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 388 • Capture • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours] • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 388 • In the Pit • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours] • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 389 • The Bell • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours] • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 389 • The Ultimate Vision • [Sonnets of the Midnight Hours] • poem by Donald Wandrei
• 390 • Weldon House • (1942) • poem by August Derleth
• 390 • Lois Malone • (1945) • poem by August Derleth
• 391 • Ted Birkett • (1945) • poem by August Derleth
• 392 • Bart Hinch • (1945) • poem by August Derleth
• 392 • The Shores of Night • poem by August Derleth
• 393 • Man at the Window • (1941) • poem by August Derleth
• 394 • Stranger in the Night • (1941) • poem by August Derleth
• 396 • Mark of Man, Mark of Beast • (1941) • poem by August Derleth
• 397 • Sonnet of the Unsleeping Dead • (1935) • poem by Anthony Boucher
• 398 • Fox Hunters of Hell • (1945) • poem by Byron Herbert Reece
• 401 • Dreams of Yith • (1934) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft and Duane W. Rimel [as by Duane W. Rimel]
• 404 • Nostalgia • (1933) • poem by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
• 404 • Echidna • (1932) • poem by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
• 405 • Changeling • (1942) • poem by Leah Bodine Drake
• 406 • Wood Wife • (1942) • poem by Leah Bodine Drake (variant of The Wood-Wife)
• 407 • In the Shadows • (1935) • poem by Leah Bodine Drake
• 408 • The Path Through the Marsh • (1944) • poem by Leah Bodine Drake
• 409 • The Tenants • (1940) • poem by Leah Bodine Drake
• 410 • All-Saints' Eve • (1940) • poem by Leah Bodine Drake
• 411 • The Ballad of the Jabberwock: A True Tale of Squankom Town • poem by Leah Bodine Drake
• 415 • Heard on the Roof at Midnight • (1946) • poem by Leah Bodine Drake
• 416 • Wayfarers • poem by Harvey Wagner Flink
• 416 • Two Hunters • poem by Harvey Wagner Flink
• 417 • Star Gazer • poem by Coleman Rosenberger
• 417 • Death at Sea • poem by Coleman Rosenberger
• 418 • The Goats of Juan Fernandez: A Note on Survival • poem by Coleman Rosenberger