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

Erect

Erect as an Indian.
—Anonymous

Erect as a sunbeam, upspringeth the palm.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Erect as a live hydra.
—Victor Hugo

Erect as alders.
—Ovid

Grow erect as the great pine grows.
—Edward R. Sill

Erect, like pillars of the temple.
—Robert Southey