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

Lively

Lively and changeable, like a flame in the wind.
—Anonymous

Lively as a cricket.
—Anonymous

Lively as fire.
—Robert Bridges (English)

As lively as tints of young Iris’ bow.
—John Gilbert Cooper

Lively as a chaffinch.
—Alexandre Dumas, père

Lively as the smiling day.
—Aaron Hill

Lively as a squirrel.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes

Lively as grasshoppers.
—Samuel Lover