Who is unknown. the twa brothers?

Famous quotes containing the words twa brothers, twa and/or brothers:

    There were twa brethren in the north,
    —Unknown. The Twa Brothers (l. 1)

    There were twa sisters sat in a bour;
    Binnorie, O Binnorie!
    There cam a knight to be their wooer,
    By the bonnie milldams o’ Binnorie.
    Unknown. Binnorie; or, The Two Sisters (l. 1–4)

    What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably ... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature.
    W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)