Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Ancient Ballad of Hindustan

Fair as lotus when the morn kisses its opening petals red.

Smiled, as mountains smile to see the spring.

Torture … like poisoned sword.

Words … as sweet as founts that murmur low,
To one who in the deserts drear,
With parched tongue moves faint and slow.