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

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

Alfred Austin


Barren as winter rain.	1
Bright as a beach in the moonlight.	2
As crimson as August heather.	3
Domestic as the night.	4
Droop, like to bees belated in the rain.	5
Florid as the Spring.	6
Frayed like fretted foam.	7
As free from artifice as is the dimple in childhood’s cheek.	8
Fresh as Fiumicino’s foam.	9
As idle as a dial when the sun Sulks in the clouds.	10
Curving lips like wave half-furled.	11
Motionless as a babe asleep.	12
Pale as a moon that moves alone through lonely space.	13
Pink as the rose in Galatea’s cheek.	14
Radiant as morning.	15
Restless as the sea.	16
Sad as silence when a song is spent.	17
Sinews like a vine.	18
Steadfast as the steered-by star.	19
Tender as the midnight moon.	20
Tranquil as a star.	21
As wide as land.	22
Wise as Time and Silence are.	23