Alfred Edward Housman Similes. Frank J. Wilstach, comp. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes

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

Alfred Edward Housman


Dismal as a wet Derby day.	1
The steady drummer Drumming like a noise in dreams.	2
Glitter like an angel’s ladder.	3
Manful as the man of stone.	4
Old operas are like old bonnets: they ought to be remodelled, retrimmed from time to time.	5
As reviving as an epigram.	6
Shone like an aureole round the head of some modern saint.	7