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

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

Asian


Thoughts as clear as limpid springs.	1
A friend both wise and true amid all shocks resplendent shines, like fire upon a rock’s high top, which dissipates the darkness round and fills the travellers by with joy profound.	2
Glossy as the finest silk.	3
Majestic as the sun at noon.	4
My soul is commingled with thine, As water is mingled with wine.	5
Pale as despairing woe.	6
As rare as wings upon a cat, or flowers of air, a rabbit’s horns, or ropes of tortoise-hair.	7
From his eyes a stream of tears descended like a broken necklace of pearls.	8