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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes.
1916.
Soothing
Soothing as the gospel.
Anonymous
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Soothing as the breath of spring.
Frederick William Faber
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More soothing than the pretty hummer
That stays one moment in an open flower
And buzzes cheerily from bower to bower.
John Keats
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Soothing as the wash of the sea.
Rudyard Kipling
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Soothing as the gale of eve.
Henry Hart Milman
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