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:

    “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)

    “O passionately at peace when will that tide draw shoreward,”
    —Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962)

    “The sea is calm to-night.
    The tide is full, the moon lies fair
    Upon the straits;—”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)