| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Robert Blair |
| | Dark as was chaos, ere the infant Sun
Was rolled together, or had tried his beams
Athwart the gloom profound. | 1 |
| Drop off like leaves in autumn. | 2 |
| Meek as the turtle-dove. | 3 |
| Pure as the silver from the crucible. | 4 |
| Sullen, like lamps in sepulchres. | 5 |
| Tame and humble, like a child that’s whipp’d. | 6 |
| Stand thick as dewdrops on the bells of flowers. | 7 |
| Their aims as various, as the roads they take in journeying thro’ life. | 8 |
Visits
Like those of angels, short and far between. | 9 | | |
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