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

Robert Nicoll

Blithe youth is like a smile,
So mirthful, and so brief.

Like mist upon the lea,
And like night upon the plain,
Old age comes o’er the heart.

My heart is stirred,
Like childhood’s when it hears the carol of a bird.