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

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

Sorrow


Youth’s sorrows, like April showers, are transitory. —Anonymous	1
Sorrow for a husband is like pain in the elbow, sharp and short. —Anonymous	2
Sorrowful as death. —Ouida	3
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp’d, Doth burn the heart to cinders. —William Shakespeare	4
Sorrow, like a heavy-hanging bell, Once set on ringing, with his own weight goes; Then little strength rings out the doleful knell. —William Shakespeare	5
Sorrow, like cloud that flies, Like a cloud in clearing skies, Passed away. —Algernon Charles Swinburne	6