Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Loveliness
Loveliness
Stays like the light, after the sun is set.
—Richard Sheil
Loveliness,
Like a rich tint that makes a picture warm
Is lurking in the chestnut of thy tress,
Enriching it, as moonlight after storm
Mingles dark shadows into gentleness.
—N. P. Willis