East wind

An east wind is a wind that originates in the east and blows west. This wind is referenced as symbolism in mythology, poetry and literature. Quotes The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab. Joseph Conrad, The Mirror of the Sea, (1906), ch. 28. Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age. There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it's God's own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared. Sherlock Holmes in His Last Bow, (1917), "His Last Bow," p. 980. The east wind is a rain-bearing wind. [...] The east wind is a wind of prosperity, the friend of Naram-Suen. Sumerian proverb, Collection IV at The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, 3rd millennium BCE. He stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. Tanakh, Isaiah, XXVII. 8. Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 872-74. The wind's in the east * * * I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in the east. Charles Dickens, Bleak House, Chapter VI. See also Air Flight Ninlil North wind South wind Storm Tornado Weather West wind Wind waves Zephyr External links Category:Wind