Quote#Time
’T was then we luvit ilk ither weel
Quote byWilliam Motherwell · 1797–1835
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: 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 .
English (original)
’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.
— William Motherwell
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