Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) Similes. Frank J. Wilstach, comp. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes

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

Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)


Destroyeth the body as ivy doth the old tree, or a worm that engendereth in the kernel of the nut.	1
Fastened like nails in a cartwheel.	2
It is with feelings as with waters: the shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.	3
For as a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend. A flatterer is compared to an ape, who, because she can not defend the house like a dog, labour as an ox, or bear burdens as a horse, doth therefore yet play tricks, and provoke laughter.	4
The Court, it glows, and shines like rotten wood.	5
Labours like the drops of rain on the sandy ground.	6
Murmuring to her ears Like to a falling stream, which, passing slow, Is wont to nourish sleep and quietness.	7
Passions are likened best to floods and streams; the shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.	8
Shines like rotten wood.	9