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

Extinguish

Extinguished as stars by the rising sun.
—Anonymous

Extinguished like a taper’s flame.
—Ambrose Bierce

Extinguished, like a flame that sinks down hopelessly among the late decaying embers.
—Nathaniel Hawthorne

Extinguish’d, like the vital spark in death.
—Thomas Hood