Quote#Wisdom
Mournfully, oh, mournfully
Quote byWilliam Motherwell · 1797–1835
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Midnight Wind..
English (original)
Mournfully, oh, mournfully, The midnight wind doth sigh, Like some sweet plaintive melody Of ages long gone by.
— William Motherwell
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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!
’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.
The scene was changed. It was a bark that slowly held its way, And o'er its lee the coast of France in the light of evening lay; And on its deck a lady sat, who gazed with tearful eyes Upon the fast receding hills that dim and distant rise.
So All is diff’rent, and yet All is One.
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