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

Firdausi

Her heart blazed up like fire before the wind.

His cheek is like the rose of spring.

Cheek crimsoned like the bloom of the pomegranate.

Darting like a flashing flame.

Fleet as the arrow from the bowstring flies,
Fleet as the eagle darting through the skies.

Lovely as fairies.