Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Inconstant

Inconstant as the wind.
—Anonymous

Inconstant as the shadows we survey.
—Samuel Boyse

Inconstant as the moon.
—Samuel Butler

Inconstant … like the veriest flower ’neath whose dream folds fair
Some poisonous germ lies brooding.
—Michael Delevante

Inconstant as a ship with a broken helm.
—Egyptian

More inconstant than the wind.
—William Shakespeare

Inconstant as waves.
—Tobias Smollett

Inconstant as the waving sea.
—Earl of Stirling