Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Cry (Verb)

My heart is crying like a tired child for one fond look, one gentle, loving word.
—Anonymous

Cry like babe in swathing band.
—Allan Cunningham

Crying like Niobe or Niagara.
—O. Henry

Cry as an eagle freed.
—Victor Hugo

Crying, like a wretched Shangodaya.
—Henry W. Longfellow

Cry of anguish, like the last dying wail of some dumb, hunted creature.
—Adelaide A. Procter

Cry like famine.
—Christina Georgina Rossetti

Cries like the blood of Abel from the dust.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley

I cry like a travailing woman.
—Old Testament