| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Martin Farquhar Tupper |
| | | Bright as a facet-cut diamond scattering light. | 1 |
| Capricious as a zephyr. | 2 |
| Dread as vague imaginings. | 3 |
| Drooping like a dew-laden lily. | 4 |
| Fleeting as the bow in the clouds. | 5 |
| Groaneth, like a door on rusty hinges. | 6 |
| Lasting, as the lilac crocus of autumn. | 7 |
| Lovely as the violet. | 8 |
| Lowly as a slave. | 9 |
| Melt as an iceberg in the tropics. | 10 |
| As needful to the forest-tree as sun and gentle shower. | 11 |
| Ordered as the morning light. | 12 |
| Rankle like poisons in the soul. | 13 |
| Restless as Niagara. | 14 |
| Scanty as the gleaning after harvest. | 15 |
| Scorn you as old Æsop’s bull the frogs. | 16 |
| Lieth secret, as a serpent. | 17 |
| Shorn as Samson. | 18 |
| Smiteth as a staff. | 19 |
| Solid as a wall. | 20 |
| Surging as a sea. | 21 |
| Sweeter than the waters of the Nile. | 22 |
| Withered, as in death congealed. | 23 | | |
|
|
