“Some wee short hours ayont the twal.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) Scottish poet and lyricist
Death and Dr. Hornbook.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“It was the wee hours of the morning, when even the heartbeat of the world had trouble thumping on.”
— Glen Cook, book Soldiers Live
Source: Soldiers Live (2000), Chapter 104, “Taglios: View from the Protector’s Windows” (p. 676)
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