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

Elusive

As elusive as the pestilence that walketh in darkness.
—Anonymous

Elusive as quicksilver.
—Anonymous

Elusive as sheet lightning playing among June clouds.
—James Huneker

Elusive as the sea-line far, and all the secret of the wind.
—George Sterling