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:

    “The poet who walks by moonlight is conscious of a tide in his thought which is to be referred to lunar influence.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

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

    “Life of Ages, richly poured,
    Love of God unspent and free,
    Flowing in the Prophet’s word
    And the People’s liberty!

    Never was to chosen race
    That unstinted tide confined;
    Thine is every time and place,
    Fountain sweet of heart and mind!”
    —Samuel Johnson (1822–1882)