summertide

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Among its many shortcomings, the piña colada, like all the silliest summertide mixed drinks, fails to gratify an honest thirst.

From Slate • May 22, 2015

At high summertide, the Gothic camp was pitched before Rome, and the siege anticipated for so many months had at length begun.

From Veranilda by Gissing, George

I hear no caterwauliug, but the river-god of Arno ripples soft songs in the summertide to the lilies that bend above him.

From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail

Then the heart of Tellus, the smith, was proud, and sang for the joy of life, And there in the bronzing summertide he thanked the gods for his wife.

From Ballads of a Cheechako by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)

I scarce could hear The larks a-singing in the green meadows, 'Twas summertide, and budding far and near The hedges thick with rose.

From Songs of Childhood by Hecht, Anthony