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

Delicate

She was delicate and fair as moonlight.
—Hans Christian Andersen

Delicate as a lily.
—Anonymous

Delicate as flowers.
—Anonymous

Delicate as the sunset on the snow-covered summits of Mount Sfiorito.
—Anonymous

Delicate as invisible needle-points.
—Thomas Carlyle

Delicate and evanescent as the colored pencilings on a frosty night from the Northern Lights.
—Thomas De Quincey

Delicate as a white violet.
—Joyce Kilmer

Delicate as rose leaves.
—Agnes Repplier

Delicate as the tension of a lyre.
—Edith M. Thomas