William Motherwell



William Motherwell (October 13, 1797 – 1835) was a Scottish poet, antiquary and journalist.

Quotes

 * I ’ve wandered east, I ’ve wandered west, Through mony a weary way; But never, never can forget The luve o’ life’s young day!
 * Jeannie Morrison (c. 1832), Stanza 1.


 * ’T was then we luvit ilk ither weel, ’T was then we twa did part: Sweet time—sad time! twa bairns at scule— Twa bairns and but ae heart.
 * Jeannie Morrison (c. 1832), Stanza 3. Compare: "Zwei Seelen und ein Gedanke, Zwei Herzen und ein Schlag" (translated: "Two souls with but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one"), Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen, Ingomar the Barbarian, Act ii.; " Two friends, two bodies with one soul inspir’d" Alexander Pope, The Iliad of Homer, Book xvi, line 267.


 * And we, with Nature’s heart in tune, Concerted harmonies.
 * Jeannie Morrison (c. 1832), Stanza 8.


 * Mournfully, oh, mournfully, The midnight wind doth sigh, Like some sweet plaintive melody Of ages long gone by.
 * The Midnight Wind.