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

Jm

Beautiful as a Houri borne off from the Garden of the Seventh Heaven.

To make the tale of her charms complete,
They [her hands] were matched by the shape of her exquisite feet,
Feet so light no maid might show,
So perfectly fashioned from heel to toe,
If on the eye of a lover she stepped,
Her foot would float on the tear he wept.

Like reeds were those taper fingers of hers to write on each heart love’s characters.

Sweet as jasmine.

Sweet as the morning of life.

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