| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Edward Young |
| | | Beauteous as the sun. | 1 |
| Chaste as morning dew. | 2 |
| Chaste as the morning. | 3 |
| Fixed as a sentinel. | 4 |
| Learning, like the lunar beam, affords light. | 5 |
An opera, like a pillory, may be said,
To nail our ears down and expose our head. | 6 |
| Plump as stall’d theology. | 7 |
| Pride, like anger, builds among the stars; but pleasure, lark like, nests upon the ground. | 8 |
| Punctual as lovers to the moment sworn. | 9 |
Rejoice,
Like Kouli-Kan, in plunder of the proud. | 10 |
| Body and Soul like peevish man and wife, united jar, and yet are loath to part. | 11 |
| Swift as darted flame. | 12 |
Her tears, like drops of molten lead,
With torrents burn the passage to my heart. | 13 |
| Vain as a gaudy-minded man. | 14 |
As in smooth oil the razor best is whet,
So wit is by politeness keenest set. | 15 | | |
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