Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Strive

Strive not as doth a crocke (pitcher) with a wall.
—Geoffrey Chaucer

Strove
As toward the sundawn strives the lark.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne

Strove as in toils.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne

Strove … like song’s triumphant breath.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne