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

Uprise

Uprisen as a prayer.
—Philip James Bailey

Uprising, like a bubble in a stream.
—Gertrude Bloede

Uprise like the islands of the Cyclades as seen from the mountains of Negroponte.
—Paul Bourget

Uprise, like a tempestuous ocean.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley

Uprising like the smoke wraith,
Blue ascending into heaven’s blue.
—Ellen Burns Sherman