Gamaliel Bradford

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Gamaliel Bradford
Gamaliel Bradford was an American biographer, critic, poet, and dramatist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, the sixth of seven men called Gamaliel Bradford in unbroken succession, of whom the first, Gamaliel Bradford, was a great-grandson of Governor William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony. As an adult, Bradford lived in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where the high school's building and student newspaper are named after him. He developed the psychographic form of written biographies.

disorder
My life is governed by the clock,
All duly mapped and plotted;
And only with a nervous... [read poem]
on a dead child
Perfect little body, without fault or stain on thee,
With promise of strength and manhood f... [read poem]
london snow
When men were all asleep the snow came flying,
In large white flakes falling on the city brown,... [read poem]
to catullus
Would that you were alive today, Catullus!
Truth 'tis, there is a filthy skunk amongst us,... [read poem]
eros
Why hast thou nothing in thy face?
Thou idol of the human race,
Thou tyrant of the human h... [read poem]
low barometer
The south-wind strengthens to a gale,
Across the moon the clouds fly fast,
The house is sm... [read poem]
the affliction of richard
Love not too much. But how,
When thou hast made me such,
And dost thy gifts bestow,
H... [read poem]
the evening darkens over
The evening darkens over
After a day so bright
The windcapt waves discover
That wild ... [read poem]
the testament of love
from Book I, Introduction

Man's Reason is in such deep insolvency to sense,
that th... [read poem]
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