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

Advance

Where like a fire to heather set, Bauld Thomas did advance.
—Anonymous

Advancing, as the chorus to the footlights.
—Anonymous

Advancing like the shadow of death.
—John Ruskin

Advance, like sheep before the wolf.
—Robert Southey

Advanced, like Atalanta’s star,
But rarely seen, and seen from far.
—Jonathan Swift