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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes.
1916.
Michael Drayton
Her cheeks were like the roses red.
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Free and noble as clear poesy.
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Jarring sound, like a cracked bell.
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Lyth as lasse of Kent.
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Merry as popinjay.
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Mild as any maid.
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Skin as soft as Naples silk.
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Soft as Lempster wool.
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Stuck there like a curious seal.
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