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