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

Richard H. Stoddard

Boisterous as stormy sea-winds.

Bold as the glare of the gold.

He glimmered apart
In solemn gloom
Like a dying lamp in a haunted tomb.

Ripe as the wine.

Strange as the curlew’s song.

Vanish like smoke of incense.