"Southron" Quotes from Famous Books
... cock's dawn-greeting: Many a fey man's fair limbs mangles Soon the sword and spear in meeting. Hot the Northland blood is beating! Low and dull weeps Likabong. The shiv'ring Southron sea-cod angles. ... — Poet Lore, Volume XXIV, Number IV, 1912 • Various
... not alone shall Southron vale Lament that day of woe— Grief's sigh shall soothe each ruder gale Where Scotia's waters flow. From Corra Linn, where roars the Clyde, To Dornoch's ocean bay— From Tweed, that rolls a neutral ... — The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Vol. 13, No. 374 • Various
... grand,' MacFierce'un cried, 'Saw ever man the like, Now, wi' the daylight, I maun ride To meet a Southron tyke, But I'll be back ere summer's gone, So bide for me, I beg, We'll make a grand assault upon Yon ... — The Man from Snowy River • Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson
... no let a poddy sleep, and be d—d till ye?" again screamed the shrill voice of Angus Mohr; "hoo mony mair o' ye southron prutes is coming ... — Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 • Various |