Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Tower
Towering above mortality, like Horace’s swan.
—Anonymous
Towered above them as the eternal firmament above the ephemeral butterfly.
—Anonymous
Towers like another Saul.
—Anonymous
Towering, like the keel-compelling sail that takes the topmost tempest.
—Aubrey De Vere
Towering above the common level of days, as cathedrals above houses.
—Jean Jules Jusserand
Towers like an ocean-cliff.
—John Keats
Towering like rocks of jet
Crowned with a diamond wreath.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley