Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Rustle (Verb)

Rustling … like autumn leaves that tremble and foretell the sable storm.
—Thomas Hood

Rustling like the secret darkness of the soul.
—Richard Hovey

The dead laurels of the dead
Rustle for a moment only,
Like withered leaves in lonely
Churchyards as some passing tread.
—Henry W. Longfellow

Rustling like a flock of sea-fowl.
—James Macpherson

Rustling like a summer rain.
—James Macpherson