One of his poems opens: "For those that never know the light, / The darkness is a sullen thing".
One poem by this author declares "It is the faith within the fear / That holds us to the life we curse" and urges us to revere the Self "which is the Universe". In another poem by this author, the title figure raises a toast to the birds, drinks from a jug, and sings "auld lang syne" on an empty hill at night. One of his poems opens: "For those that never know the light, / The darkness is a sullen thing". The speaker of one work by this poet of "Mr. Flood's Party" declares that "there is not a dawn in eastern skies" and tells the title figure to "go to the western gate". Another work by this author of "The Children of the Night" describes "a gentleman from sole to crown" who one calm summer night puts a bullet through his head. For 10 points, name this American poet of "Luke Havergal" and "Richard Cory".
One poem by this author declares "It is the faith within the fear / That holds us to the life we curse" and urges us to revere the Self "which is the Universe".
Edward Arlington Robinson