| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Henry Van Dyke |
| | | As bare as a hornet’s cell. | 1 |
| Dissolved, like a fragment of ice that melts in the summer sea. | 2 |
| Dry and yellow as parchment. | 3 |
| Glimmered like a faint, vanishing tinge of blood on snow. | 4 |
Pure as the snowy leaves that fold
Over the flower’s heart of gold. | 5 |
Softly as full-blown flower
Unfolds its heart to welcome in the dawn. | 6 |
| Strong as an oaken staff. | 7 |
| A talkative person is like an English sparrow,—a bird that cannot sing, and will, and ought to be persuaded not to try to sing. | 8 |
Trembling, like those battlements of stone
That fell in fear when Joshua’s horns were blown. | 9 | | |
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