Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Swoon
Sickly swoon, like lillies ’mid the blaze of noon.
—Sara Coleridge
Swoon like spring’s daffodillies.
—Italian Love Song
Swoon
Into the silence languidly
As a tune into a tune.
—Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Made my blood burn and swoon
Like a flame rained upon.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne