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

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

Thomas Flatman


Like a dog with a bottle fast tied to his tail, Like vermin in a trap or a thief in a jail, Like a Tory in a bog Or an ape with a clog: Such is the man who, when he might go free, Does his liberty lose For a matrimony noose, And sells himself into captivity.	1