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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Vainly
 
  Vainly spent, as dews on the sea.
            —Charlotte Brontë		  1
  Vainly as the hydra bleeds.
            —Friedrich von Schiller		  2
  Vainly given like rain upon the herbless sea poured down by too benignant heaven.
            —John Sterling		  3
 
 
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