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

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

Poetry


Poetry, good sir, in my opinion, is like a tender virgin, very young and extremely beautiful, whom divers other virgins—namely, all other sciences—make it their business to enrich, polish, and adore. —Miguel de Cervantes	1
There is as much difference between good poetry and fine verses, as between the smell of a flower garden, and a perfumer’s shop. —Julius Charles Hare	2
Wisdom and poetry are like fruit for children, unwholesome if too fresh. —Walter Savage Landor	3
Poetry is to philosophy what the Sabbath is to the rest of the week. —William Butler Yeats	4