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

Swing

Like rudder to the ripple veering,
When nobody on board is steering.
—Thomas Hood

Swinging like a reed in the air.
—Victor Hugo

Swing like the compass in its brazen ring.
—Henry W. Longfellow