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

Mary Johnston

Cheeks as pink as a seashell.

Fair as a woodland flower.

Incessant … as the sound of the sea.

Mellow like the sunlight.

Murmur like the wind in the leaves.

Shrank as from a sudden and mortal danger.

Smooth as a road in Venice.

Burned steadily, like a candle set in a window.

Strong as the wind.

Vague and unmarked as desert sands.