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

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

Sidney Lanier


Slant yellow beam … Like a lane into Heaven that leads from a dream.	1
My brain is beating like the heart of Haste.	2
Break as a bubble o’er-blown in a dream.	3
Deep as devils grope.	4
Flame like torch-flames in the passionate air.	5
Hide like gentle nuns from human eyes.	6
Keen like a spear.	7
Livid as Lazarus lately from death.	8
Red as a beacon the wind has upblown.	9
Rose red as a beacon the wind had upblown.	10
Soft as a dying violet-breath.	11
My soul is like the oar that momently Dies in a desperate stress beneath the wave, Then glitters out again and sweeps the sea: Each second I’m new-born from some new grave.	12
Trembles like a harp full strung.	13
A-tremble like a new-born thing.	14
Fell a-trembling like as the lips of lady that forth falters yes.	15
Wistfully, Like to some maiden spirit pausing pale, New-wing’d, yet fain to sail Above the serene gulf to where a bridegroom soul Calls o’er the soft horizon.	16