Sir John Davies Similes. Frank J. Wilstach, comp. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes

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

Sir John Davies


Blush’d and smiled like a clear and rosy eventide.	1
Blusheth like the Indian ivory which is with dip of Tyrian purple dy’d.	2
Maids are like contentment in this life, Which all the world have sought, but none enjoy’d.	3
Sing like a swan, as if thou went’st to bliss.	4
Wedlock, indeed, hath oft compared been To public feasts, where meet the public rout. Where they that are without would fain go in, And they that are within would fain go out.	5