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

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

Hushed


Hushed, as in waiting for a bird to sing. —Richard Hovey	1
Lies hushed, like a seer in a vision. —William Dean Howells	2
Hushed like an infant on its mother’s breast. —Gerald Massey	3
Hushed, as if nature were retired. —Thomas Otway	4
Hush as death. —William Shakespeare	5
Hushed as midnight. —William Shakespeare	6
Hushed soft as the leaves and the grasses Are hushed if the storm’s foot draws near. —Algernon Charles Swinburne	7
Hush’d … as a sick man’s room when he taketh repose. —Alfred Tennyson	8
Hushed as the warm Numidian heaven. —John Greenleaf Whittier	9
Hushed as night. —William Wordsworth	10
Hushed As the unbreathing air, when not a leaf Stirs in the mighty woods. —William Wordsworth	11