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

Gracious

All gracious and good as when God made the living creatures, and none was afraid.
—Bliss Carman

Gracious as a mediæval queen.
—Thomas Heywood

As gracious as the morn.
—Victor Hugo

Gracious as the golden maiden morn
When darkness craves her blessing.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne

Gracious as a duchess.
—William Makepeace Thackeray