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

Forlorn

As forlorn as the faded coquette.
—William Allen Butler

Forlorn
As midnight, and despairing of a morn.
—William Cowper

Forlorn,
As the night-owl’s sob of fear,
As Memnon mourning at morn.
—Jean Ingelow