Gordon Bottomley
Gordon Bottomley (20 February 1874 – 25 August 1948) was an English poet, known particularly for his verse dramas. He was partly disabled by tubercular illness. His main influences were the later Victorian Romantic poets, the Pre-Raphaelites and William Morris.
Quotes
[edit]- Your worship is your furnaces,
Which, like old idols, lost obscenes,
Have molten bowels; your vision is
Machines for making more machines.- "To Iron-founders and Others", st. 4, in Chambers of Imagery, 2nd series (1912), p. 19
