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

Tall

Tall and slender like an ode in quinary verses.
—Edmondo de Amicis

Tall as a steeple.
—Anonymous

Tall as a May-pole.
—Jonathan Swift

Tall as a figure lengthened on the sand.
—Alfred Tennyson

Tall as a grenadier.
—William Makepeace Thackeray