Thomas L. Peacock Similes. Frank J. Wilstach, comp. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes

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

Thomas L. Peacock


Beaming like light on chaos.	1
Black and glossy as the raven’s wing.	2
Blushing as in vintage-hours.	3
Blush’d like a carnation.	4
Her black eyes sparkled like sunbeams on a river: a clear, deep, liquid radiance, the reflection of ethereal fire.	5
As before the pike will fly Dace and roach and such small fry; As the leaf before the gale, As the chaff beneath the flail, As before the wolf the flocks, As before the hounds the fox; As before the cat the mouse, As the rat from falling house; As the fiend before the spell Of holy water, book, and bell; As the ghost from dawning day.	6
As motionless as death.	7
Perished like the pageant of a dream.	8
Speed, like yellow leaves before the gale When Autumn winds are strongest.	9