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• ix • Preface (Ebony and Crystal) • essay by George Sterling
• 1 • Arabesque • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 2 • Beyond the Great Wall • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 3 • To Omar Khayyam • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 5 • Strangeness • (1917) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 6 • The Infinite Quest • (1921) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 7 • Rosa Mystica • (1921) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 8 • The Nereid • (1913) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 9 • In Saturn • (1919) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 10 • Impression • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 11 • Triple Aspect • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 12 • Desolation • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 13 • The Orchid • poem by Clark Ashton Smith (variant of The Orchid of Beauty)
• 14 • A Fragment • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 15 • Crepuscle • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 16 • Inferno • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 17 • Mirrors • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 18 • Belated Love • (1918) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 19 • The Absence of the Muse • (1921) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 20 • Dissonance • (1919) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 21 • To Nora May French • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 24 • In Lemuria • (1921) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 25 • Recompense • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 26 • Exotique • (1918) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 27 • Transcendence • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 28 • Satiety • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 29 • The Ministers of Law • (1918) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 30 • Coldness • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 31 • The Desert Garden • (1919) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 32 • The Crucifixion of Eros • (1918) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 33 • The Exile • (1917) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 34 • Ave Atque Vale • (1918) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 35 • Solution • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 36 • The Tears of Lilith • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 37 • A Precept • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 38 • Remembered Light • (1912) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 39 • Song • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 40 • Haunting • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 41 • The Hidden Paradise • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 42 • Cleopatra • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 43 • Ecstasy • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 44 • Union • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 45 • Psalm • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 47 • In November • (1919) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 48 • Symbols • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 49 • The Hashish-Eater: or, The Apocalypse of Evil • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 65 • The Sorrow of the Winds • (1912) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 66 • Artemis • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 67 • Love Is Not Yours, Love Is Not Mine • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 68 • The City in the Desert • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 69 • The Melancholy Pool • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 70 • The Mirrors of Beauty • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 71 • Winter Moonlight • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 72 • To the Beloved • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 73 • Requiescat • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 74 • Mirage • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 75 • Inheritance • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 76 • Autumnal • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 77 • Chant of Autumn • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 78 • Echo of Memnon • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 79 • Twilight on the Snow • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 80 • Image • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 81 • The Refuge of Beauty • (1918) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 82 • Nightmare • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 83 • The Mummy • (1919) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 84 • Forgetfulness • (1919) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 85 • Flamingoes • (1919) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 86 • The Chimaera • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 87 • Satan Unrepentant • (1918) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 90 • The Abyss Triumphant • (1912) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 91 • The Motes • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 92 • The Medusa of Despair • (1913) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 93 • Laus Mortis • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 94 • The Ghoul and the Seraph • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 99 • At Sunrise • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 100 • The Land of Evil Stars • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 102 • The Harlot of the World • (1915) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 103 • The Hope of the Infinite • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 104 • Love Malevolent • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 105 • Palms • (1920) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 106 • Memnon at Midnight • (1918) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 107 • Eidolon • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 108 • The Kingdom of Shadows • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 110 • Requiescat in Pace • (1920) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 112 • Alexandrines • (1918) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 113 • Ashes of Sunset • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 114 • November Twilight • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 115 • Sepulchre • poem by Clark Ashton Smith (variant of Sepulture 1918)
• 116 • Quest • (1921) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 117 • Beauty Implacable • (1914) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 118 • A Vision of Lucifer • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 119 • Desire of Vastness • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 120 • Anticipation • poem by Clark Ashton Smith (variant of Antepast)
• 121 • A Psalm to the Best Beloved • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 122 • The Witch in the Graveyard • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 127 • The Traveller • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 129 • The Flower-Devil • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 130 • The Wind and the Garden • [Images] • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 130 • The Secret Rose • [Images] • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 130 • Tears • [Images] • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 130 • Offerings • [Images] • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 130 • A Coronal • [Images] • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 131 • The Black Lake • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 132 • The Broken Lute • [Vignettes] • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 132 • Nostalgia of the Unknown • [Vignettes] • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 132 • Beyond the Mountains • [Vignettes] • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 133 • The Hair of Circe • [Vignettes] • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 133 • The Eyes of Circe • [Vignettes] • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 133 • Grey Sorrow • [Vignettes] • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 134 • A Dream of Lethe • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 135 • The Caravan • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 136 • The Princess Almeena • (1920) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 137 • Ennui • (1918) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 139 • The Statue of Silence • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 140 • Remoteness • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 141 • The Memnons of the Night • (1917) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 142 • The Garden and the Tomb • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 143 • In Cocaigne • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 144 • The Litany of the Seven Kisses • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 145 • From a Letter • [Poseidonis] • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 146 • From the Crypts of Memory • (1917) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 148 • A Phantasy • (1916) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 149 • The Demon, the Angel, and Beauty • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 151 • The Shadows • poem by Clark Ashton Smith