Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Solitary
Solitary … like some colossal Pillar of the Cyclops.
—Thomas Carlyle
Solitary … like a lighthouse keeper above the sea.
—Joseph Conrad
Solitary … like a swallow left behind at the migrating season of his tribe.
—Joseph Conrad
Solitary as a tomb.
—Victor Hugo