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

Delight (Noun)

These violent delights have violent ends,
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, consume.
—William Shakespeare

Hold delight as grape-flowers hold their wine.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne

Delight as the wind’s in the billow.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne