| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Fitz-Greene Halleck |
| | | Calmly, as to a night’s repose, like flowers at set of sun. | 1 |
Then saw in death his eyelids close
Calmly, as to a night’s repose,
Like flowers at set of sun. | 2 |
| Dim as the wandering stars that burst in the blue of the Summer heaven. | 3 |
| Driven, like flower-seeds by the four winds sown. | 4 |
Eyelids close
Calmly, as to a night’s repose,
Like flowers at set of sun. | 5 |
| Happy as a Sunday in Paris, full of song, and dance, and laughter. | 6 |
| The voice sounds as a prophet’s word. | 7 |
| Strong as earth’s first kings. | 8 |
| Upsoaring like an eagle’s wings. | 9 | | |
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