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

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

Arthur Symons


Creep Like the downy wing of sleep.	1
Eyes, Pale as the skies.	2
Your voice was gay As the voice of a bird in the dawn of a day On a sunshiny tree.	3
Pain gnaws at my heart like a rat that gnaws at a bean In the dusty dark of a ghost-frequented house.	4
Grave As the unwilling herald of the king.	5
Immortal as the sun.	6
Infinite as the soul.	7
Lonely as in a garden-close Slumbers the solitary rose.	8
A red mouth like a wound.	9
Murmurous as the August bees That fill the forest deep Around the roots of trees.	10
Old as the earth is old.	11
Skies as pale, as moonlight in a shadowy sea.	12
Proud as a child who will what he would.	13
Scatters as leaves blown down the wind.	14
Sighs As a voiceless crying of old love That died and never spoke.	15
Simple as breath.	16
Soft As thoughts of beauty sleeping.	17
Sweet as the voice of a mountain brook.	18
Sweet as the blushing planet of the dawn.	19
Swift as eternity.	20
Tenderly as a bee that sips, Your kisses settle on my lips.	21
An old thought turns with the old tune in my head As a windmill turns in the wind on an empty sky.	22
Uncertain as a child’s swift moods.	23
Bernhardt’s … voice is like a thing detachable from herself, a thing which she takes in her hands like a musical instrument, playing on the stops cunningly with her fingers.	24
Whimpers like a cur.	25