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

Shed

Sheds gladness like a morn of sweet sunshine.
—Anonymous

Shed great thoughts as easily as an oak looseneth its golden leaves in a kindly largess to the soil it grew on.
—Philip James Bailey

The glory of the morn is shed, like a celestial benison.
—Henry W. Longfellow

Shed loose as the petals of roses discrowned
On the floors of the forest.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne