Springtide
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Springtide is a noun meaning (literary, poetic) The springtime.
Meaning
(literary, poetic) The springtime.
More Meanings
- Alternative spelling of spring tide.
Example Sentences
The hawthorn is bursting in blossom, / The flowerets flush under our feet, / All round us life's pulses are throbbing;— / Sing, birdies, the Springtide to greet!
'T is warbled by the bird / Whose springtide voice is heard; / 'T is told throughout the vale / By fragrance we inhale; / While every verdant lawn / Reveals it to the dawn.
Have ye no springtide, and no burst of May / In flowers and leafy trees, when solemn night / Pants with love-music, and the holy day / Breaks on the ear with songs of heavenly light?
Fair now is the springtide, now earth lies beholding / With the eyes of a lover, the face of the sun; / Long lasteth the daylight, and hope is enfolding / The green-growing acres with increase begun.
Word Forms
- springtides
Antonyms for springtide
Common opposites include neap.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spring, lifespring, summer, blossom, bloom, fresh.
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