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

A. J. Ryan

Light as clear as that which fills eternity.

Her eyes were like a heaven, where sunlight always glows.

Frail as a flake of snow.

Holy as bowers where angels have flown.

Meet and mingle like human fear and hope.

Pure as thoughts that thrill a saint.

Sad as tears to the eyes that are bright.

Sleeps like a dream in a grave.

Soft as the gleam after sunset
That hangs like a halo of grace
Where the daylight had died in the valley.

Spotless as a lily’s leaf.

Still as the gleam of a star through the dark.

Sweet as smiles to the lips that are pale.

Sweet as the dew-drops that fall on the roses in May.

Sweet as the Summer’s birds.

Wings as white as a dream of snow in love and light.