| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Charles Stuart Calverley |
| | | Artless, as Eve yet unbeguiled. | 1 |
| Blubbering like a seal. | 2 |
| Brainless as chimpanzees. | 3 |
| Brisk as bees that settle on a summer rose’s petal. | 4 |
| Slowly disappearing, like a day dream. | 5 |
| Flash like a rocket. | 6 |
| Fleet is his foot as the wild roe-buck’s. | 7 |
| A maiden’s heart is as champagne, ever struggling upward. | 8 |
| Prattled like a babbling brook. | 9 |
| Regal as Juno. | 10 |
| Rosy as pinks. | 11 |
| Straight as a beadle’s wand. | 12 |
| Yellow, like April bees. | 13 | | |
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