Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Delight (Noun)
These violent delights have violent ends,
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which, as they kiss, consume.
—William Shakespeare
Hold delight as grape-flowers hold their wine.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne
Delight as the wind’s in the billow.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne