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

Exquisite

Exquisite, like the heart of a wild rose.
—Anonymous

Exquisite in their mechanism as the motion of the planets.
—James Huneker

Exquisite
Like fiery chrysoprase in deep basalt.
—Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Exquisite as the coming of spring and quite as natural.
—Oscar Wilde