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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Forgotten
 
  Forgotten like waves on the sea.
            —Anonymous		  1
  Thrown aside and forgotten as are the hoofs and horns of a buffalo.
            —James Fenimore Cooper		  2
  By all forgot, like a flower whose stem is broken.
            —Barry Cornwall		  3
  Forgotten, as the foliage of thy youth.
            —William Cowper		  4
  Forgotten like the forms of last year’s clouds.
            —Benjamin Franklin		  5
  Poor and forgotten like a clod upon the field.
            —Victor Hugo		  6
  Forgotten like an almanac out of date.
            —Jean de La Bruyère		  7
Forgotten like an antique tale
  Of Hero and Leander.
            —Charles Lamb		  8
  Forgotten as a fallen star.
            —Harry B. Smith		  9
  Forgotten as changes of dreams.
            —Algernon Charles Swinburne		  10
  Forgotten like spilt wine.
            —Algernon Charles Swinburne		  11
  Forgotten as a dead man out of mind.
            —Old Testament		  12
  Forgotten like a dream.
            —William Wordsworth		  13
 
 
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