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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