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

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

Théphile Gautier


A sky as blue as the enamel on the statuettes of Osiris.	1
A burning eye, yellow and phosphoric like the eye of a crocodile or a lion.	2
Fair as a young maid asleep beneath new fallen snow.	3
The sand … gleamed like mica dust.	4
Lustrous as agate.	5
Palpitating at the least emotion like the nostrils of an amorous tigress.	6
Pretty as a seraph.	7
Pure as consecrated water.	8
Voice, resounding as a brass trumpet.	9
A cry more shrill than Diana surprised by Actæon.	10
Undulating like a snake rearing on its tail.	11
Wandering like a plaintive shadow about the places where I dwell.	12