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

James A. Hillhouse

Capacious as the sky.

The generations pass, like autumn’s fruits,
Garnered, consumed, and springing fresh to life.

Strong as the enginery that works the world.

Wild as if creation’s ruins
Were heaped in one immeasurable chain
Of barren mountains, beaten by the storms
Of everlasting winter.