Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Flare
Flare
Like a spent lamp about to die.
—John Davidson
Flare like torches.
—Henry W. Longfellow
Flared like molten brass.
—James Montgomery
Flared, like Titan torches flinging flakes of flame and embers, springing from the dale.
—James Whitcomb Riley
Flares like an angered and storm-redding morn.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne