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", "Ruben Bright", and "Luke Havergal" which was included in Harold Bloom's Best Poems of the English Language.ContentsThe Children of the NightThree QuatrainsThe WorldAn Old StoryBallade of a ShipBallade by the FireBallade of Broken FlutesBallade of Dead FriendsHer EyesTwo MenVillanelle of ChangeJohn EvereldownLuke HavergalThe House on the HillRichard CoryTwo OctavesCalvaryDear FriendsThe Story of the Ashes and the FlameFor Some Poems by Matthew ArnoldAmaryllisKosmosZolaThe Pity of the LeavesAaron StarkThe GardenCliff KlingenhagenCharles Carville's EyesThe Dead VillageBostonTwo SonnetsThe ClerksFleming HelphenstineFor a Book by Thomas HardyThomas HoodThe MiracleHorace to LeuconoeReuben BrightThe AltarThe TavernSonnetGeorge CrabbeCredoOn the Night of a Friend's WeddingSonnetVerlaineSonnetSupremacyThe Night BeforeWalt WhitmanThe Chorus of Old Men in "Aegeus"The WildernessOctavesTwo QuatrainsThe two umbrellas