Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Henry Brooke
Enlivening as a sneeze.Gay as a woman’s wish.Gone, like traces on the deep, Like a spectre grasp’d in sleep, Dews inhal’d from morning glades, Melting snows, and gliding shades.Hoarse as the rustling of autumnal breeze.Pure as the expanse of Heaven.Sad as a thousand sighs, when the dark winds sob through the yews.Various as woman’s will.