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

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

Henry King


Like to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are; Or like the fresh spring’s gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood: Ev’n such is man, whose borrow’d light Is straight call’d in, and paid to-night. The wind blows out, the bubble dies; The spring entom’d in autumn lies; The dew dries up, the star is shot; The flight is past—and man forgot.	1