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

John G. Saxe

Black as a funeral pall.

Grog, like grief, is fatal stuff for any man to sup;
For when it fails to pull him down, it’s sure to blow him up.

Lips … like roses ere they blow.

Poor as a pauper’s pottage.

Proud as a boy with a brand-new top.

Rich as the robes of heaven.

How like the dewdrops on a drooping flower are smiles from gentle eyes.

Sober as a vicar.