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

Forgotten

Forgotten like waves on the sea.
—Anonymous

Thrown aside and forgotten as are the hoofs and horns of a buffalo.
—James Fenimore Cooper

By all forgot, like a flower whose stem is broken.
—Barry Cornwall

Forgotten, as the foliage of thy youth.
—William Cowper

Forgotten like the forms of last year’s clouds.
—Benjamin Franklin

Poor and forgotten like a clod upon the field.
—Victor Hugo

Forgotten like an almanac out of date.
—Jean de La Bruyère

Forgotten like an antique tale
Of Hero and Leander.
—Charles Lamb

Forgotten as a fallen star.
—Harry B. Smith

Forgotten as changes of dreams.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne

Forgotten like spilt wine.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne

Forgotten as a dead man out of mind.
—Old Testament

Forgotten like a dream.
—William Wordsworth