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

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

Lust


Lust, like a lawless headlong flood, Impregnated with ooze and mud, Descending fast on every side, Once mingles with the sacred tide, Farewell the soul-enliv’ning scene! The banks that bore a smiling green, With rank defilement overspread, Bewail their flow’ry beauties dead. —William Cowper	1
Base lust, With all her powders, paintings, and best pride, Is but a fair house built by a ditch side. —Thomas Middleton	2
Lusts are like agues; the fit is not always on, and yet the man is not rid of the disease; and some men’s lusts, like some agues, have not such returns as others. —Herbert Spencer	3
Our headlong lusts, like a young fiery horse, Start and flee raging in a violent course. —Isaac Watts	4