William Motherwell

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.