Tide

Tide

Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of the Earth.

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Famous quotes containing the word tide:

    “‘Tis with my mind
    As with the tide swelled up unto his height,
    That makes a still-stand, running neither way.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee,
    While the world’s tide is bearing me along;
    Sterner desires and darker hopes beset me,
    Hopes which obscure, but cannot do thee wrong.”
    —Emily Brontë (1818–1848)

    “Where have you gone? The tide is over you,
    The turn of midnight water’s over you,
    As Time is over you, and mystery,
    And memory, the flood that does not flow.”
    —Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971)