Children of the Night
Edwin Arlington Robinson
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This is a collection of poems by Edwin Arlington Robinson, titled the Children of the Night, and including, besides the famous title poem, several ballads, and poems dedicated to other authors and poets. - Summary by Carolin
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| The Children of the Night | 2:24 | Read by Jacquelyn Bengfort | |
| Three Quatrains | 0:43 | Read by Rob Smith | |
| The World | 0:56 | Read by Sonia | |
| An Old Story | 0:45 | Read by Andree-Ann Granger | |
| Ballade of a Ship | 1:53 | Read by Sonia | |
| Ballade by the Fire | 1:33 | Read by Sonia | |
| Ballade of Broken Flutes | 1:38 | Read by Sonia | |
| Ballade of Dead Friends | 1:22 | Read by Sonia | |
| Her Eyes | 2:04 | Read by Robert K | |
| Two Men | 1:07 | Read by Bridget Paul | |
| Villanelle of Change | 1:17 | Read by Bridget Paul | |
| John Evereldown | 2:28 | Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) | |
| Luke Havergal | 1:54 | Read by Sonia | |
| The House on the Hill | 1:01 | Read by Robert K | |
| Richard Cory | 1:06 | Read by Jacquelyn Bengfort | |
| Two Octaves | 1:14 | Read by James Lapine | |
| Calvary | 1:05 | Read by Sonia | |
| Dear Friends | 1:02 | Read by graciaselah | |
| The Story of the Ashes and the Flame | 0:59 | Read by Bridget Herbes | |
| For Some Poems by Matthew Arnold | 1:13 | Read by James Lapine | |
| Amaryllis | 0:59 | Read by Sonia | |
| Kosmos | 1:19 | Read by Ross Klatte | |
| Zola | 1:02 | Read by James Lapine | |
| The Pity of the Leaves | 1:08 | Read by Sonia | |
| Aaron Stark | 1:33 | Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) | |
| The Garden | 1:04 | Read by graciaselah | |
| Cliff Klingenhagen | 1:13 | Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) | |
| Charles Carville's Eyes | 1:07 | Read by James Lapine | |
| The Dead Village | 0:53 | Read by Marissa Parker | |
| Boston | 0:39 | Read by Bridget Herbes | |
| Two Sonnets | 1:53 | Read by Geza Hrazdina | |
| The Clerks | 1:08 | Read by Geza Hrazdina | |
| Fleming Helphenstine | 1:28 | Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) | |
| For a Book by Thomas Hardy | 1:04 | Read by Sonia | |
| Thomas Hood | 1:14 | Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) | |
| The Miracle | 1:17 | Read by Andree-Ann Granger | |
| Horace to Leuconoe | 1:03 | Read by Sonia | |
| Reuben Bright | 1:15 | Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) | |
| The Altar | 1:04 | Read by Sonia | |
| The Tavern | 1:00 | Read by Sonia | |
| Sonnet | 0:46 | Read by Rob Smith | |
| George Crabbe | 1:16 | Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) | |
| Credo | 0:54 | Read by Bridget Herbes | |
| On the Night of a Friend's Wedding | 1:01 | Read by Marissa Parker | |
| Sonnet | 1:05 | Read by James Lapine | |
| Verlaine | 1:04 | Read by James Lapine | |
| Sonnet | 1:05 | Read by James Lapine | |
| Supremacy | 1:07 | Read by James Lapine | |
| The Night Before | 20:10 | Read by James Lapine | |
| Walt Whitman | 1:19 | Read by Marissa Parker | |
| The Chorus of Old Men in 'Aegeus' | 2:26 | Read by James Lapine | |
| The Wilderness | 2:39 | Read by Bridget Herbes | |
| Octaves | 12:07 | Read by Ross Klatte | |
| Two Quatrains | 0:48 | Read by Sonia | |
| Romance | 1:12 | Read by Ross Klatte | |
| The Torrent | 0:59 | Read by Sonia | |
| L'Envoi | 1:19 | Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024) |