Children of the Night (poetry collection)


Children of the Night was the second volume of poetry published by the American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson. While the volume was weakly received, President Theodore Roosevelt's son Kermit introduced the work to his father who, knowing his straits, secured Robinson a job at the NY Customs Office.
Notable poems include "John Evereldown", "Richard Cory", "Reuben Bright", and "Luke Havergal" which was included in Harold Bloom's Best Poems of the English Language.
In July 2008, Project Gutenberg released the 1897 edition of the 1905 printing, containing the following poems: