Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Lively
Lively and changeable, like a flame in the wind.
—Anonymous
Lively as a cricket.
—Anonymous
Lively as fire.
—Robert Bridges (English)
As lively as tints of young Iris’ bow.
—John Gilbert Cooper
Lively as a chaffinch.
—Alexandre Dumas, père
Lively as the smiling day.
—Aaron Hill
Lively as a squirrel.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes
Lively as grasshoppers.
—Samuel Lover