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

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

Body


The body is like a piano, and happiness is like music. It is needful to have the instrument in good order. —Henry Ward Beecher	1
Man’s Body’s like a House: His greater Bones, Are the maine Timber; And the lesser ones, Are smaller Splints: His Ribs are Laths, daubed ore, Plaister’d with flesh and bloud: His Mouth’s the Doore: His Throat’s the narrow Entry: And his Heart Is the Great Chamber, full of curious Art: His Midreife is a large partition-Wall, ’Twixt the Great Chamber, and the spacious Hall: His Stomacke is the Kitchin, where the Meate Is often but half sod, for want of Heate: His Spleen’s a Vessell, Nature does allott To take the skimme, that rises from the Pott: His Lungs are like the Bellowes that respire In ev’ry office, quickning ev’ry Fire: His Nose, the Chimney is, whereby are vented Such Fumes, as with the Bellowes are augmented: His Bowels are the Sinke, whose part’s to dreine All noysome filth, and keep the Kitchin cleane: His Eyes like Christian Windowes cleare and bright Lets in the Object and lets out the Sight: And as the Timber is, or great or small, Or strong or weake; ’tis apt to stand or fall. —Francis Quarles	2