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

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

William Shenstone


Burst like a pimple from the vicious tide of acid blood.	1
Empty as air-pumps drain’d of air.	2
As the feathered warblers gay.	3
Learning, like money, may be of so base a coin as to be utterly void of use.	4
Love like air is widely given; Power nor chance can these restrain; Truest, noblest gifts of heaven! Only purest in the plain.	5
Love is an April’s doubting day: Awhile we see the tempest lower; Anon the radiant heaven survey, And quite forget the flitting shower.	6
Mild as the opening morn of May.	7
Fly as quick to Delia’s arms, as yonder halcyon skims the stream.	8
Soft as the wild duck’s tender young, that floats on Avon’s tide.	9