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

Sydney Dobell

Dumb as death.

Fair as Spenser’s dream.

Fair as those old fields we knew.

Frail as a sigh.

Free as a liberated ghost.

Loud as thunder.

Parted like a scattered flock before a lion.

Rich as Chaucer’s speech.

Sublime as Milton’s immemorial theme.

Wide as Shakespeare’s soul.