Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Vast
Vast as all heaven.
—Wilfred S. Blunt
Vast as all space.
—Joseph Conrad
Vast as cathedrals.
—Alphonse Daudet
Vast as Phœbus on his burning wheels.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes
Vast as the mid bulk of a roof-tree’s beam.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne