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

Refresh

Refreshes like the first gush of spring, or the break of an April shower.
—Donald G. Mitchell

Refreshed, as men in barren lands in drought are soothed by hearing the glad fall of a welcome rain.
—Ouida

Refreshed as by the sight of fresh grass in midwinter or early spring.
—Henry D. Thoreau

Refreshes me like a tonic.
—Israel Zangwill