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

Lifeless

Lifeless as the grave.
—Anonymous

Lifeless as a string of dead fish.
—Gilbert K. Chesterton

Lifeless and lumpish as the bagpipe’s drowsy drone.
—Robert Lloyd

Lifeless as a mouse in an exhausted receiver.
—William Mathews

Lifeless as the icy moon.
—Lewis Morris