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

Fitz-Greene Halleck

Calmly, as to a night’s repose, like flowers at set of sun.

Then saw in death his eyelids close
Calmly, as to a night’s repose,
Like flowers at set of sun.

Dim as the wandering stars that burst in the blue of the Summer heaven.

Driven, like flower-seeds by the four winds sown.

Eyelids close
Calmly, as to a night’s repose,
Like flowers at set of sun.

Happy as a Sunday in Paris, full of song, and dance, and laughter.

The voice sounds as a prophet’s word.

Strong as earth’s first kings.

Upsoaring like an eagle’s wings.