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

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

George Crabbe


Calm as infant-love.	1
Dreams are like portraits; and we find they please because they are confessed resemblances.	2
A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling, and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you; you have only to keep still and it will die of itself.	3
For party poets are like wasps, who dart Death to themselves, and to their foes but smart.	4
Wine is like anger; for it makes us strong, Blind and impatient, and it leads us wrong; The strength is quickly lost; we feel the error long.	5