| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | William Thomson |
| | | Black as Hell. | 1 |
| Bright as the eyes of angels and as pure. | 2 |
| His cheeks, as roses red, as lilies fair. | 3 |
| Excelling, as much as orient gold surmounteth brass. | 4 |
| As virtue, firm. | 5 |
| Firm as the fabled throne of Grecian Jove. | 6 |
| Fragrant as the breath of flow’rs. | 7 |
| Gleam like the rosy east. | 8 |
| Quick as the morning ray, or ev’ning beam. | 9 |
| Radiant as the bloom of day. | 10 |
| Rich as the pillars which support the sky. | 11 |
Soft as the nightingale’s harmonious woe,
In dewy even-tide, when cowslips drop
Their sleepy heads, and languish in the breeze. | 12 |
| As Liberty, sublime. | 13 |
| Sublime as heaven. | 14 |
| Sweet as the early pipe along the dale. | 15 |
| A friend as true as guardian-angels are. | 16 |
| Warm as a love-sick poet’s muse. | 17 |
Welcome! as beauty to the lovesick swain,
For which he long had sigh’d in vain. | 18 | | |
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