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

William Knox

Follow each other, like surge upon surge.

The multitude goes, like the flower and the weed,
That wither away to let others succeed.

Mingle … like sunshine and rain.

Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast flying cloud,
A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave,
Man passes from life to his rest in the grave.

Speeds from the earth like a bird on the wing.

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