Omniumgathum Poems
Cats -
Cats curl upon my bed,
Hieroglyphics yet unread.
Those who worship moon-eyed bast,
Sleep the future, dream the past.
Satin fur, sineuwy limbs,
Jeweled eyes, never dim.
Wisdom unknown to my kind,
Alien thoughts, alien mind.
Yet we are linked, will to will,
Uneasy bonds time can not still.
The Last Cohort -
Mithra, God of the Morning,
Thy trumpet arouses the wall!
Mithra, Lord of the Dawning,
Who hath given rule over all.
With my sword and my shield before me,
And the spears of my men at my back,
Mithra, Lord of the Dawn Light,
March we now to attack.
For the legions have gone from Britain
And the Wall is broken stone,
Mithra, God of Soldiers,
Must we fight on alone?
The ravens scream above us,
Our square is breaking now!
Mithra, God of the Dawn Light,
Remember thou our vow.
For we are the last to hail thee,
In thy shrines to bow the knee.
Mithra, Our Lord of Sunlight,
How came this thing to be?
Do gods die with men who call them?
Lie they also among our dead?
Mithra, the Soldiers' Shield Man,
We do not believe you fled.
Song of the Barbarian Swordsman -
What grins at me from the cherry tree?
Bone, unfleshed and hanging free.
What towers high in the market place?
A pile of skulls I must face.
Who rides with fire and sword?
Soldiers bought by Death's Dark Lord.
Bibliography of English Editions ~
Cats ~
- Mon-Con I (n.d.) Monogamoot Science Fiction Society (bulletin) (Morgantown, WV)
All Three ~
- Tales from High Hallack vol. 2 (2014) Published by Premier Digital Publishing, DM & TP, 1-624-67189-6, $22.95, 450pg ~ cover by Kib Prestridge
- Omniumgathum; An Anthology of Verse by Top Authors in the Field of Fantasy (1976) Edited by Jonathan Bacon and Steve Troyanovich, Published by Stygian Isle Press, PH, 64pg ~ Limited to 1000 Copies ~ cover by Clyde Caldwell
Contents:
5 • Introduction II (Omniumgathum An Anthology of Verse by Top Authors in the Field of Fantasy) • essay by Jonathan Bacon
5 • Introduction I (Omniumgathum An Anthology of Verse by Top Authors in the Field of Fantasy) • essay by Steve Troyanovich
7 • Man's Question • (1931) • poem by P. Schuyler Miller
7 • Life • poem by Harry Warner, Jr.
7 • Star Gods • poem by Alan Moss
7 • Thru Calvary • (1920) • poem by Manly Wade Wellman
7 • Immortality • poem by Edith Ogutsch
8 • The Ballad of Venus Nell • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian (variant of Illustration) [as by Stephen E. Fabian ]
9 • The Ballad of Venus Nell • (1942) • poem by Nelson S. Bond
12 • The Watcher • (1942) • poem by Kenneth Patchen
13 • In the Cathedral • (1974) • poem by A. Merritt
13 • Bells • (1919) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft
14 • Dear Friend • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
14 • The Last Gate • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
14 • A Poem About Bone Cancer in Children • (1974) • poem by James Wade
14 • Escape • poem by Hannes Bok
14 • Limbo • poem by H. Warner Munn
15 • Dante Returns from the City • poem by H. Warner Munn
15 • Dante Returns from the City • interior artwork by Stephen Riley
16 • Listen! The Grass is Dying • poem by Edith Ogutsch
16 • A Recluse Answers • poem by Edith Ogutsch
16 • A Lovely Riddle • (1871) • poem by Lewis Carroll
17 • A Lovely Riddle • interior artwork by Gene Day
18 • Pictures & Paints • poem by Mervyn Peake
18 • Pictures & Paints • interior artwork by Stephen Riley
19 • Fish or Fowl • poem by Mervyn Peake
19 • To All Soundless Things • (1954) • poem by Lucile Coleman
19 • The Rhino and the Lark • poem by Mervyn Peake
20 • Moon Dancers • interior artwork by Charles Vess
21 • Vision • poem by Hannes Bok
21 • Moon Dancers • poem by Hannes Bok
22 • The Princess of Urbs • interior artwork by Clyde Caldwell
23 • The Ka of Kor-Sethon • (1943) • poem by Hannes Bok
23 • If One Should Tell Me • poem by Winona Morris Nation
23 • The Princess of Urbs • (1948) • poem by Stanley G. Weinbaum [as by Stanley Weinbaum ]
23 • Thomas Conner, the Ancient • (1948) • poem by Stanley G. Weinbaum [as by Stanley Weinbaum ]
23 • Tis the Voice of the Sluggard • (1865) • poem by Lewis Carroll
24 • Cats • poem by Andre Norton
24 • Fairy Gold • poem by H. Warner Munn
24 • Moon Music • (1953) • poem by Lucile Coleman
24 • Hunted Pharos • (1949) • poem by Lucile Coleman
24 • The Night I Was Born • poem by Winona Morris Nation
24 • Shipster's Tale • poem by Hannes Bok
25 • Mordor • poem by Richard L. Tierney
25 • The Last Cohort • poem by Andre Norton
25 • Song of the Barbarian Swordsman • poem by Andre Norton
25 • The Last Pagan Speaks • (1919) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft
25 • The Midges' Dance • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
26 • Tonight • poem by John Bredon
26 • Remember the Night • poem by Michael Moorcock
26 • Black Harps in the Hills • poem by Robert E. Howard
27 • Two Peoples • poem by Manly Wade Wellman
27 • Adventure ("Adventure, I have followed your beck ...") • poem by Robert E. Howard
27 • There Will Be Other Times • (1959) • poem by Poul Anderson
27 • To Harry the Oliad Men • poem by Robert E. Howard
28 • The Sphinx of the Infinite • interior artwork by Bernie Englum
29 • Human Sacrifice • poem by Manly Wade Wellman
29 • To Sappho in Hell • poem by Winona Morris Nation
29 • Memnon • poem by Manly Wade Wellman
29 • The Sphinx of the Infinite • (1973) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
29 • Hellas • (1918) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft
30 • The Mortuary • (1971) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
30 • Questions (To Robert E. Howard) • poem by Tevis Clyde Smith
30 • Graveyard • poem by Hannes Bok
31 • Questions (To Robert E. Howard) • interior artwork by Gene Day
32 • Questions (To Robert E. Howard) [2] • interior artwork by Gene Day
33 • Speak Well of the Dead • (1912) • poem by William Hope Hodgson
33 • Background to 'Questions' • essay by Tevis Clyde Smith
34 • Scorpion Wind • poem by Andrew Darlington
34 • Abandoned Factory Yard • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
34 • Nightmare Number Ten • poem by Edith Ogutsch
34 • The Drowned Car • (1970) • poem by Ramsey Campbell
35 • Mimosa • poem by William Hope Hodgson
35 • Laeta: A Lament • (1918) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft
35 • Skeleton • poem by Joseph Payne Brennan
36 • The Bride of the Sea • (1916) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft
36 • The Bride of the Sea • interior artwork by Stephen Riley
40 • Man Is the Sea's Child • interior artwork by Richard Huber [as by Richard Huber, Jr. ]
41 • Ripples • (1925) • poem by Manly Wade Wellman
41 • Lullaby • (1971) • poem by Donald Sidney-Fryer [as by Donald S. Fryer ]
41 • Candle's End • (1968) • poem by Emil Petaja
41 • The River • poem by Stanley G. Weinbaum
41 • Man is the Sea's Child • poem by Frank Belknap Long
42 • The Shores of Night • interior artwork by Gene Day
43 • A Fragment • (1971) • poem by Donald Sidney-Fryer [as by Donald S. Fryer ]
43 • The Wind Trail • (1910) • poem by A. Merritt
43 • The Shores of Night • (1947) • poem by August Derleth
44 • The Silver Birches • (1940) • poem by A. Merritt
44 • Mist • poem by James Wade
44 • The Tide • poem by Robert E. Howard
45 • Braxa • (1963) • poem by Roger Zelazny
45 • The Unusual Thing • poem by Gordon Larkin
46 • The Burial of the Hydra • interior artwork by Bernie Englum
47 • Wings • poem by Andrew Darlington
47 • Journeys into the Mythical Present • poem by Andrew Darlington
47 • The Burial of the Hydra • (1970) • poem by Eddy C. Bertin
48 • The Naked Land • (1942) • poem by Kenneth Patchen
48 • Inspiration • (1916) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft
48 • Jacksnipe Over • (1971) • poem by August Derleth
48 • Something Left Behind • (1971) • poem by August Derleth
48 • Odyssey - 4 • poem by Hannes Bok
49 • Dreamdust • poem by Ruth M. Eddy
49 • Kudzu Vine • poem by Muriel E. Eddy
49 • I Forgot • poem by Muriel E. Eddy
49 • My House, Full of Shadows • (1970) • poem by Eddy C. Bertin
50 • Dead Love • interior artwork by Richard Huber [as by Richard Huber, Jr. ]
51 • Upon the Occasion of Being Asked to Argue That Love and Marriage Are Incompatible • (1973) • poem by Poul Anderson
51 • Upon the Occasion of Being Asked at a Court of Love to Debate the Topic of What it is About His Lady That Pleaseth Him the Most • (1972) • poem by Poul Anderson (variant of Upon the Occasion of Being Asked at a Court of Love to Declare That About His Lady Which Pleases Him the Most)
51 • Rescue By a Certain Lady • poem by Tevis Clyde Smith
51 • My Love • poem by James Wade
51 • L'Amour Supreme • (1973) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith (trans. of L'Amour Supreme unpublished)
51 • Dead Love • (1973) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
52 • Sinister Sonnet • poem by James Wade
52 • Shadows Over Squamous • poem by L. Sprague de Camp
52 • Shadows over Squamous • interior artwork by Stephen Riley
53 • Weirditties • (1944) • poem by Hannes Bok and Nichol
53 • Visions from Aeons ... Dead? • poem by Brian Lumley
53 • First Contact • poem by A. E. van Vogt
53 • Theseus • poem by Manly Wade Wellman
54 • Weirditties of Science • (1951) • poem by Hannes Bok
54 • Illusion • poem by Richard L. Tierney
54 • Litrachoor • poem by Henry S. Whitehead
55 • Let 'er Rip! • poem by Cliff Eddy
55 • The Dead Bookworm • (1919) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft [as by John J. Jones ]
55 • The Simple Speller's Tale • (1915) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft
56 • Nevermore • interior artwork by Randy Mohr
57 • The Campus at Midnight • poem by Robert E. Howard
57 • The Jackal • poem by Robert E. Howard
57 • New Year's Eve • poem by Ruth M. Eddy
57 • Nevermore • poem by William Hope Hodgson
58 • Tiger Girl • poem by Robert E. Howard
58 • The Pow'r of Wine • (1916) • poem by H. P. Lovecraft
60 • Bio-Sketches • essay by uncredited
64 • Omniumgathum • interior artwork by Hannes Bok
bc • Omniumgathum • interior artwork by Jeff Easley