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

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

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Return, like the postman. —Anonymous	1
Return, like a late summer when the year grows old. —William Cullen Bryant	2
Return upon you like pent waters. —Thomas Carlyle	3
Return, like stars replenished at Joy’s golden urn. —Thomas Hood	4
Returned, like the first messenger of Noah. —Henry Mackenzie	5
Returning like dew that hath been to heaven, dropping in rain. —Gerald Massey	6
An echo returned on the cold gray morn, Like the breath of a spirit sighing. —Mrs. —Norton	7
Returned like a leaden shilling. —Sir Richard Steele	8
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. —Old Testament	9
Returning like the Patriarch’s dove, Wing-weary from the eternal sea. —John Greenleaf Whittier	10
Returning, like a ghost unlaid. —William Wordsworth	11