Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Splendid
Splendid as the sun.
—Gustave Flaubert
Splendid as a general’s plume at the gallop.
—George Meredith
Splendid as trembling gems.
—Edgar Saltus
Splendid as the limbs of that supreme incarnate beauty through men’s visions gleam,
Whereof all fairest things are even but shadow or dream.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne
Cold and splendid as death if dawn be bright.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne
Splendid and strange as the sea that upbears as an ark.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne