Main Entry: fresh·et
Pronunciation: 'fre-sh&t
Function: noun
Date: 1596
1 archaic : STREAM 1
2 a : a great rise or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or
melted snow b : something resembling or suggesting a freshet <a
freshet of visitors>
In this
poem Edna St. Vincent Millay
is saying that she can't wait to be back near the ocean where she can be
afraid of, as usual, the rising water wash over the bell that is surrounded
by fog outside along the ocean. Freshet is referring to a great rise or overflowing
of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow.