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

Wail (Verb)

Wailed like starving infants.
—Anonymous

Wailing like a midnight wind.
—Aubrey De Vere

Wailing like voices of woe.
—Annie E. Preston

Wailed as in some flooded cave
Sobs the strong broken spirit of a wave.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne

Wail … as one making moan for her child.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne