In the first flood-tide of that joy I paid no heed to the bounds of metrical form, and as the stream does not flow straight on but winds about as it lists, so did my verse.

在这种喜悦的第一阵浪潮中，我对韵律形式的束缚毫不在意。就像溪流，不是笔直地流下去，而是依照自己的意愿，逶迤曲折地向前，我的诗歌也是如此。

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Backward, flow backward, o tide of the years!

噢，岁月的潮汐，后退，向后退！ ！

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The ebb and flow of the tide leaves many strange things on the beach.

海潮的涨落在海滩上留下许多稀奇古怪的东西。

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The glossy black fin and back of a minke whale rose a hundred yards astern, two yellow-striped dolphins broke water and plunged down again, and then the flow of the turned tide could be seen as a chop on the water, small standing waves that indicated the Minch was reversing its direction.

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At low tide, water would flow from the lagoon into the sea, and from the sea into the lagoon at high tide.

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Flood-tide current: flow of water in a given direction that takes place between low water and high water.

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