The phrase "tide of time" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use this phrase to refer to the passing of time, the inevitability of change, or the fact that time will not stop for anyone. For example, "The tide of time marches on, leaving us with many memories of what once was."
The tide of time rolls on, irreversible and unfair.
What is time but the passing of sensation...and what sensation can stem the tide of time?
I happened to be in Iceland, at the very top of Europe, when it happened, which was, by a variety of improbabilities, a good place to witness the tide of time suddenly reversed.
That's a nice turn of phrase, but one might also say that he represented the desire for — not the reality of — a free, expressive, creative style of playing, a collective wish to stem the tide of time and return to an era when classical music mattered more.
And now you're even older, and you can't stem the tide of time".
Well let's just say that past 50 years of age, the tide of time has caught me in its ebb and flow and rather than look like a worn torn beached whale, I have chosen to emulate beach glass -- shiny, fresh, reflecting light, smooth and timeless.
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times.
Every linguist and language maven knows that transliterations shift with the tides of time and opinion.
More recently, with the advent of the multidisciplinary SummerScape festival, Bard has become a haven for important operas, some of them popular hits in their day, which for whatever reason fell victim to the shifting tides of time and taste.
Thus the tides of time to turn backward and the heathen to humble, his hope urged him, that with harrying ships they should hunt no more on the shining shores and shallow waters of South Britain, booty seeking".
When Arthur gets word from home that Mordred has betrayed him, seeking to seize both his kingdom and his queen, he sits silently and reflects: Now from hope's summit headlong falling his heart foreboded that his house was doomed, the ancient world to its end falling, and the tides of time turned against him.
