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

Flee

Flee like desires.
—Beaumont and Fletcher

Flee like a shamed child.
—Richard Monckton Milnes

Flee like a dream’s dim imagery.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley

Flee, like mist from the tempest’s might.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley

Flee
As clouds and winds and rays across the sea.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne

Flee as a bird to your mountain.
—Old Testament

Flee, as fleeing from a sword.
—Old Testament

Fleeth also as a shadow.
—Old Testament

Flee as the air.
—John Greenleaf Whittier

Fleeing like the rose of an Arctic night.
—George E. Woodberry