| Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916. | | | | Thomas Bailey Aldrich |
| | | Bent down like violets after rain. | 1 |
| Bent … like some rapt poet o’er his rhyme. | 2 |
| Deadly as nightshade. | 3 |
| Deepening like the dawn. | 4 |
| Dropped, like Icarus, in mid-sky. | 5 |
| Hopeful as the break of day. | 6 |
| Hurried, like one distraught. | 7 |
| Life is like a tale ended ere ’tis told. | 8 |
| Lithe as a panther. | 9 |
| Moaned like a dismal autumn wind. | 10 |
| Musical as brooks that run o’er yellow shallows in the sun. | 11 |
| Polished as the bosom of a star. | 12 |
| Purpled as with stains of wine. Waller | 13 |
| Soft as the satin fringe that shades the eyelids of thy fragrant maids. | 14 |
| Stark as a statue. | 15 |
| Sudden, like a Fate. | 16 |
| Eyes twinkled like diamonds. | 17 |
| Unknown, like a seed in fallow ground. | 18 |
| Wan as moonlight. | 19 |
| Weird as the elfin lights that glimmer of frosty nights. | 20 |
| Wild as the winds that tear the curled red leaf in the air. | 21 | | |
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