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)

    “Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
    That ever lived in the tide of times.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “As the tide crept, the land
    burned with a lizard-blue
    where the dark sea met the sand.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)