Careful Words

northern (n.)

northern (adj.)

From old Belerium to the northern main.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Windsor Forest. Line 316.

And inasmuch as feeling, the East's gift,

Is quick and transient,—comes, and lo! is gone,

While Northern thought is slow and durable.

Robert Browning (1812-1890): Luria. Act v.