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

Peep

Peep like Venus rising from her shell.
—James Montgomery

Countless eyes,
Peeping like stars through the blue ev’ning’s skies.
—Thomas Moore

Peep, like moss-grown rocks, half-seen,
Half hidden in the copse.
—Sir Walter Scott

Peeps like a star o’er ocean’s western edge.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley

Peeping like modest virgins from secluded bowers.
—Fanny Forester

Peeping and peering like an excited parrot.
—Charles Kingsley