| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Massachusetts Poets. 1922. |
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| The Riot |
| | | Gamaliel Bradford (1863–1932) |
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| YOU may think my life is quiet. | |
| I find it full of change, | |
| An ever-varied diet, | |
| As piquant as ’tis strange. | |
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| Wild thoughts are always flying, | 5 |
| Like sparks across my brain, | |
| Now flashing out, now dying, | |
| To kindle soon again. | |
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| Fine fancies set me thrilling, | |
| And subtle monsters creep | 10 |
| Before my sight unwilling: | |
| They even haunt my sleep. | |
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| One broad, perpetual riot | |
| Enfolds me night and day. | |
| You think my life is quiet? | 15 |
| You don’t know what you say. | |
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