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• 6 • Introduction (Nostalgia of the Unknown: The Complete Prose Poetry of Clark Ashton Smith) • essay by Steve Behrends and S. T. Joshi and Marc A. Michaud and Susan Michaud [as by Steve Behrends and S. T. Joshi and Marc Michaud and Susan Michaud]
• 8 • The Traveller • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 8 • The Flower-Devil • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 9 • Tears • [Images] • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 9 • The Secret Rose • [Images] • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 9 • The Wind and the Garden • [Images] • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 9 • Offerings • [Images] • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 9 • A Coronal • [Images] • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 10 • The Black Lake • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 10 • Beyond the Mountains • [Vignettes] • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 10 • The Broken Lute • [Vignettes] • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 10 • Nostalgia of the Unknown • [Vignettes] • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 11 • Grey Sorrow • [Vignettes] • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 11 • The Hair of Circe • [Vignettes] • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 11 • The Eyes of Circe • [Vignettes] • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 11 • A Dream of Lethe • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 12 • The Caravan • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 12 • The Princess Almeena • (1920) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 12 • Ennui • (1918) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 13 • The Statue of Silence • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 13 • Remoteness • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 14 • The Memnons of the Night • (1917) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 14 • The Garden and the Tomb • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 14 • In Cocaigne • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 15 • The Litany of the Seven Kisses • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 16 • From a Letter • [Poseidonis] • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 16 • From the Crypts of Memory (original manuscript) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 17 • From the Crypts of Memory • (1917) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 18 • A Phantasy • (1916) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 18 • The Demon, the Angel, and Beauty • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 19 • The Shadows • (1922) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 20 • The Mirror in the Hall of Ebony • [Prose Pastels • 2] • (1934) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 20 • To the Daemon • [Prose Pastels • 6] • (1943) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 21 • The Abomination of Desolation • (1938) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 21 • The Touch-Stone • poem by Clark Ashton Smith (variant of The Touchstone 1965)
• 22 • The Lotus and the Moon • [Prose Pastels • 4] • (1934) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 22 • The Osprey and the Shark • (1929) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 22 • The Forbidden Forest • [Prose Pastels • 7] • (1943) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 23 • The Mithridate • [Prose Pastels • 8] • (1943) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 24 • The Muse of Hyperborea • [Prose Pastels • 3] • (1934) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 24 • Chinoiserie • [Prose Pastels • 1] • (1931) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 25 • The City of Destruction • (1948) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 25 • The Image of Bronze and the Image of Iron • (1965) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 26 • Crystals • poem by Clark Ashton Smith (variant of The Crystals 1965)
• 26 • The Lake of Enchanted Silence • (1984) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 27 • The Mortuary • (1971) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 27 • The Corpse and the Skeleton • (1965) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 28 • The Sun and the Sepulchre • (1965) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 29 • The Frozen Waterfall • (1984) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 29 • Preference • (1984) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 29 • The Passing of Aphrodite • [Prose Pastels • 5] • (1934) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 30 • The Days • (1973) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 31 • Offering • (1973) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 31 • Narcissus • [Prose Pastels • 9] • (1945) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 31 • Peril That Lurks Among Ruins (original manuscript) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 32 • Peril That Lurks Among Ruins (later manuscript) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 32 • untitled ("It is a land of fruitful palms...") • poem by Clark Ashton Smith