Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Grave
Grave as an old gate-post.
—Anonymous
Grave as Pascal.
—Anonymous
Grave, as the manner of noble men is.
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Grave as a judge.
—Charles Dickens
Grave as an organ.
—Charles Dickens
Grave and thoughtful as rich mourners.
—Diogenes Laertius
Grave as actors do in Lent.
—Pierce Egan
Grave as a mourning hearse.
—Pierce Egan
Grave as Libanius, slumbering o’er the laws.
—Elijah Fenton
Grave as saints.
—Jean Jules Jusserand
As grave as Porcius Cato when he met with a repulse which he had never expected nor dreamt of.
—Marcellinus
Grave as an eye dwelling on blood.
—George Meredith
Grave as a judge.
—Poor Robin’s Almanack
Grave
As the unwilling herald of the king.
—Arthur Symons
Grave as from a funeral.
—Alfred Tennyson