Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Rapid
Rapid as a charge of Arab horse.
—Anonymous
Rapid as lightning.
—William Bartram
Rapid as the winds of Spring.
—Cuchulain
Rapid as the shadow of a cloud.
—Thomas Hardy
Rapid as the ever-wheeling sun.
—Aaron Hill
Rapid as the storm-wind.
—Hafiz Pasha