Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Tick
Tick,
Like the death-watch, within our ears the ills
Past, present, and to come.
—Lord Byron
Ticking like the love-making of a grasshopper.
—Thomas Hardy
Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Tick,
Like the death-watch, within our ears the ills
Past, present, and to come.
—Lord Byron
Ticking like the love-making of a grasshopper.
—Thomas Hardy