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

George Cabot Lodge

Black as sightless eyes.

Empty as an idiot’s mind.

Hueless as young ivory.

Lurid as hell.

Pale as is the face of one
Who sinks exhausted in oblivion after a night of deep debauchery.

Pale as light.

Smooth as a silver shield.

White as a live terror.

Wild as a burst of day-gold blown through the colors of morning.