William Dean Howells Similes. Frank J. Wilstach, comp. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes

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

William Dean Howells


Catching like fire in dry grass.	1
She as fair as any shepherdess That ever was in mask or Christmas scene.	2
She fell like a column of water.	3
Lies hushed, like a seer in a vision.	4
Pure as starlight shall their deeds of daring glow.	5
Sere and dead As any leaves of summer shed From crimson bough when autumn grieves.	6
Still as salt.	7
Tenderly … like the song of the robin in the tree.	8
Vague … like feathers wafted backwards From passage birds in flight.	9