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

• 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