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

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

Brief


Briefer than the twinkling of an eye. —Anonymous	1
Brief as the song Of the wood dove. —Lord De Tabley	2
Brief As sunset clouds in heaven. —Oliver Wendell Holmes	3
Brief as sparkles from the flint. —Thomas Hood	4
Brief as time. —Ben Jonson	5
As brief as a dragon-fly’s repose. —James Russell Lowell	6
As brief as the wave’s poise before it breaks in pearls. —James Russell Lowell	7
Brief, as the sunshine scattered over the plains. —Mimnermus	8
Brief as a dream. —Ptah-hotep	9
As the fading of a flower, As the falling of a leaf, So brief its day and its hour. —Christina Georgina Rossetti	10
Brief as the lightning in the collied night. —William Shakespeare	11
Brief like a signal. —Robert Louis Stevenson	12
Brief as the word strong sorrow saith. —Robert Louis Stevenson	13
Brief as a broken song. —Algernon Charles Swinburne	14
Thou art brief as a glitter of sand ’twist tide and tide. —William Watson	15
Brief and tremulous as a passing shadow. —William Winter	16