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

Joyous

Joyous as a child.
—Anonymous

Joyous as the trill of a skylark.
—Anonymous

Joyous as the song of the wren.
—James Fenimore Cooper

Joyous, like a rising star.
—John Hay

Joyous as a bobolink.
—John Keats

Joyous as the morning ray.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley

Joyous as the cadence of the sea.
—Bayard Taylor

Joyous as the laughter of a child.
—Celia Thaxter