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unebbing

  • a word derived from ebb.
    ebb
    noun
    the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).

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Far o'er the unebbing sea thou shalt adore The eastern star, and—may thy end be peace.

From Count Julian by Walter Savage Landor

By the hillside of Calvary we beheld thy blood,       Thy bloodred tears, As a mother's in bitterness, an unebbing flood,       Years upon years.

From Songs Before Sunrise by Algernon Charles Swinburne

Peace like the river's gentle flow, Peace like the morning's silent glow, From day to day, in love supplied, An endless and unebbing tide.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by James Mudge

O, glorious laurel! since for one sole leaf Of thine imaginary deathless tree, Of blood and tears must flow the unebbing sea.

From Don Juan by George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron