Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Powerless
Powerless as an infant.
—Anonymous
Powerless as grubs.
—Anonymous
Powerless as stubble exposed to the draught of a furnace.
—Charlotte Brontë
Powerless … as a stone.
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Powerless as the wind
That passeth idly by.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley