Both Uses of
ebb
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- Thus an ox in fetters tied, While death's strong pangs distend his labouring side, His bulk enormous on the field displays; His heaving heart beats thick as ebbing life decays.†
Book 13 *ebbing = declining -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide
- Courage may prompt; but, ebbing out his strength, Mere unsupported man must yield at length; Shrunk with dry famine, and with toils declined, The drooping body will desert the mind: But built anew with strength-conferring fare, With limbs and soul untamed, he tires a war.†
Book 19
Definition:
decline -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide