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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Rustle (Verb)
 
  Rustling … like autumn leaves that tremble and foretell the sable storm.
            —Thomas Hood		  1
  Rustling like the secret darkness of the soul.
            —Richard Hovey		  2
The dead laurels of the dead
  Rustle for a moment only,
  Like withered leaves in lonely
Churchyards as some passing tread.
            —Henry W. Longfellow		  3
  Rustling like a flock of sea-fowl.
            —James Macpherson		  4
  Rustling like a summer rain.
            —James Macpherson		  5
 
 
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