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