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• vii • Foreword (Always Comes Evening) • essay by Glenn Lord
• viii • Introduction (Always Comes Evening) • essay by Dale Hart
• 3 • Always Comes Evening • (1936) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 5 • The Poets • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 7 • The Singer in the Mist • [Sonnets Out of Bedlam • 5] • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 8 • Solomon Kane's Homecoming • [Solomon Kane] • (1936) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 11 • Futility ("Golden goats on a hillside black ...") • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 12 • The Song of the Bats • (1927) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 13 • The Moor Ghost • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 14 • Recompense • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 16 • The Hills of Kandahar • (1939) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 17 • Which Will Scarcely Be Understood • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 19 • Haunting Columns • [Sonnets Out of Bedlam • 4] • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 20 • The Last Hour • [Sonnets Out of Bedlam • 3] • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 21 • Ships • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 22 • The King and the Oak • [Kull of Valusia] • (1939) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 24 • The Riders of Babylon • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 25 • Easter Island • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 26 • Moon Mockery • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 27 • Shadows on the Road • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 29 • The Soul-Eater • [Sonnets Out of Bedlam • 1] • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 30 • The Dream and the Shadow • [Sonnets Out of Bedlam • 2] • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 31 • The Ghost Kings • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 32 • Desert Dawn • (1939) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 33 • An Open Window • (1932) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 34 • The Song of a Mad Minstrel • (1931) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 36 • The Gates of Nineveh • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 37 • Fragment ("And so his boyhood wandered into youth...") • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 39 • The Harp of Alfred • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 40 • Remembrance • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 41 • Crete • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 42 • Forbidden Magic • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 43 • Black Chant Imperial • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 44 • A Song Out of Midian • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 46 • Arkham • (1932) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 47 • The Voices Waken Memory • [Voices of the Night • 1] • (1934) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 48 • Babel • [Voices of the Night • 3] • (1935) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 49 • Song at Midnight • (1940) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 50 • The Ride of Falume • (1927) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 52 • Autumn • (1933) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 53 • Dead Man's Hate • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 55 • One Who Comes at Eventide • (1933) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 56 • To a Woman ("Though fathoms deep you sink me in the mold...") • (1933) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 57 • Emancipation • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 58 • Retribution • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 60 • Chant of the White Beard • [Bran Mak Morn] • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 61 • Rune • [Bran Mak Morn] • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 63 • The Road of Azrael • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 64 • Song of the Pict • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 65 • Prince and Beggar • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 67 • Hymn of Hatred • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 67 • Invective • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 68 • Men of the Shadows • [Bran Mak Morn] • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 70 • Babylon • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 71 • Niflheim • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 73 • The Heart of the Sea's Desire • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 74 • Laughter in the Gulfs • [Voices of the Night • 4] • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 75 • A Song of the Don Cossacks • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 76 • The Gods of Easter Island • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 77 • Nisapur • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 78 • Moon Shame • [Voices of the Night • 2] • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 80 • The Tempter • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 82 • Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die • (1938) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 83 • The Pool of the Black One • (1954) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 83 • Kings of the Night • [Bran Mak Morn] • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 83 • Red Blades of Black Cathay • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 84 • The Phoenix on the Sword • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 85 • The Scarlet Citadel • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 86 • Queen of the Black Coast • poem by Robert E. Howard