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

Rapid

Rapid as a charge of Arab horse.
—Anonymous

Rapid as lightning.
—William Bartram

Rapid as the winds of Spring.
—Cuchulain

Rapid as the shadow of a cloud.
—Thomas Hardy

Rapid as the ever-wheeling sun.
—Aaron Hill

Rapid as the storm-wind.
—Hafiz Pasha