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

Repose (Verb)

Repose, as feebler wings do in a quiet nest.
—George Eliot

Repose, like birds who nightly nestle in the trees.
—Hymn to Time

Reposes,
Like relics in an urn.
—William Wordsworth