For as the wave of the sea, upheaving in long undulations, Plunges loud on the sands, pauses, and turns, and retreats, So the Hexameter, rising and singing, with cadence sonorous, Falls; and in Refluent rhythm back the Pentameter flows?
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Hence, if the savage strength of omnipotent Boreas freezes Whether the salt-sea wave, whether the Refluent stream,- Straightway,-the Ister made level by arid blasts of the North-wind,- Comes the barbaric foe borne on his swift-footed steed; Foe, that powerful made by his steed and his far-flying arrows, All the neighboring land void of inhabitants makes.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Inside the extensive enclosure the multitude divided itself into streams, ponds, eddies, Refluent currents and noisy whirlpools of people.
"Hoosier Mosaics"
Maurice Thompson