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

Brilliant

Brilliant as a dream.
—Anonymous

Brilliant as Indian summer.
—Anonymous

Brilliant as the colors of the rainbow.
—Anonymous

Brilliant, like chrysophrase glowing
Was my beautiful Rosalie Lee.
—Thomas Holley Chivers

Brilliant as a mirror.
—Alexandre Dumas, père

Brilliant as altar fires.
—Vedic Hymn

Brilliant as rain-drops, when the western sun
Sees his own miniature of beams in each.
—James Montgomery

Brilliant as stars.
—Ouida

Brilliant, like transparent plates of mother-of-pearl.
—Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

As brilliant as a spangled dancing giri.
—Alexander Smith

How brilliant and mirthful the light of her eye,
Like a star glancing out from the blue of the sky!
—John Greenleaf Whittier