Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Cry (Verb)
My heart is crying like a tired child for one fond look, one gentle, loving word.
—Anonymous
Cry like babe in swathing band.
—Allan Cunningham
Crying like Niobe or Niagara.
—O. Henry
Cry as an eagle freed.
—Victor Hugo
Crying, like a wretched Shangodaya.
—Henry W. Longfellow
Cry of anguish, like the last dying wail of some dumb, hunted creature.
—Adelaide A. Procter
Cry like famine.
—Christina Georgina Rossetti
Cries like the blood of Abel from the dust.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley
I cry like a travailing woman.
—Old Testament