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

Golden

Golden as the fruits of autumn.
—Anonymous

Golden as the sun.
—Philip James Bailey

Golden as the sunlight.
—Gustave Flaubert

Golden as honey in the sun.
—James Russell Lowell

Golden as the glow of morning sunlight.
—Clinton Scollard

Gold as golden as the gold of hives.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne

Golden as water kindled with presage of dawn or night.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne

Golden as a star.
—Thomas Wade

Golden as the façade of St. Mark’s with dancing reflections.
—Israel Zangwill