| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | John T. Trowbridge |
| | Careless as are the brooks, or birds that sing,
Of any other song of brook or bird. | 1 |
Wailing creak,
Like an almost human shriek. | 2 |
| Fair as lily leaves. | 3 |
| Like an angel’s pinion, fluttereth. | 4 |
Flown,
Like birds from the nest when their wings have grown. | 5 |
| Resplendent as a beam of the morning star. | 6 |
Saucy,
Like a proudly waving plume. | 7 |
| Shrinks like a beggar in the cold. | 8 |
| Hopes deep sunken like anchors under the ice. | 9 |
| Thick as sparks above the rushing train. | 10 |
| Thick as three rats in a little boy’s stocking. | 11 |
| White as the down of an angel’s wings. | 12 | | |
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