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

Cry (Noun)

Cry of anguish that, like a pebble thrown over a precipice, revealed the depths of his despair.
—Honoré de Balzac

A cry as wild as any coming of madness.
—George Meredith