Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. William Watson
Thou art brief as a glitter of sand ’twist tide and tide. 1 Certainly as day comes after day. 2 Cold, like a star. 3 Dead as dreams. 4 As flowers desire the kisses of the rain, 5 Gaily, as one who hath no care or pain. 6 Ghostly as remembered mirth. 7 Healthful as poignant brine. 8 As some adventurous flower, on savage craig-side grown, 9 Day like to day, face like to face, as waves in some calm sea. 10 Love, like a bird, hath perch’d upon a spray 11 Mean as dust, and dead as dreams. 12 Turbid as passion. 13 Wide as woe. 14 Writhe as a dragon by some great spell curbed and foiled. 15
