| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Mark Akenside |
| | | Calm as the Judge of Truth. | 1 |
| Crouch’d like a slave. | 2 |
| Dark as the yawning grave. | 3 |
| Fair as virtuous friendship: as the candid blush of him who strives with fortune to be just. | 4 |
| Fierce as the flight of Jove’s destroying flame. | 5 |
| Firm as the solid base of this great world. | 6 |
| The tyrant from our shore, like a forbidden demon, fled. | 7 |
| Fled, like the raven from the bird of Jove. | 8 |
Fluent as the skylark sings
When first the morn allures its wings. | 9 |
Each mysterious form,
Flew like the pictures of a morning dream. | 10 |
| Loathsome as the briny sea to him who languishes with thirst. | 11 |
| Pall on the temper, like a twice told tale. | 12 |
| Swells as the poised ocean to the attracting moon obedient swells. | 13 |
| Swift as the lightning flash. | 14 |
| Unconfined as day. | 15 |
| Wealth vile, as the dross upon the molten gold. | 16 | | |
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