William Cartwright Similes. Frank J. Wilstach, comp. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes

Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

William Cartwright


Bend one way, like a field of corn in a hurricane.	1
Retained their wonted vigour … as clocks once set in motion do yet go, the hand being absent.	2
Swayed and bent as gracefully as doth a lily-bell, when by the summer zephyr gently kissed.	3