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

Came

He came down the road like hell beating tanbark.
—Anonymous

Came and went like the lighthouse gleam on a black night at sea.
—Robert Buchanan

Came out of his shell like the aurelia out of the grub.
—William Hazlitt

Came from all sides like conspirators from a wood in a tragedy.
—Maurice Hewlett

Came, like a ray from Heaven, that shines and disappears.
—John Home