Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Flame
Flamed like a sheet of molten gold.
—William H. Ainsworth
Flame like torch-flames in the passionate air.
—Sidney Lanier
Flame, like a meteor, to the troubled air.
—Robert Lloyd
Flaming like a carbuncle.
—François Rabelais
Flaming, like the jaws of hell.
—François Rabelais
Flames like morn.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne