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

Stephen Phillips

Borrowed as beautifully as the moon
The fire of the sun.

Bright, as from blessed place.

Eyes … stared like windows at the peep of day.

Misfortune follows him like a faithful hound.

Keen as a blinded man …
Smells in the dark the cold odour of the earth.

As sweet as mown grass in the even.