|Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.|
| Her cheek of beauty blushed like rose-bud in the rain.|| 1|
| Burst frae their bounds like fiends of hell.|| 2|
|The stars of heaven fell calmly away,|
Like flakes of snow in a winter day.
|O, love, love, love!|
Love is like a dizziness;
It winna let a poor body
Gang about his bizziness.
| Red as the beacon-light.|| 5|
| As stubborn as Muirkirk iron.|| 6|
| Yellow as cowslips.|| 7|