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

High

High as a kite.
—Anonymous

High as summer-surge swells.
—Anonymous

Higher than Gilroy’s kite.
—Anonymous

High as the herald-star.
—Edwin Arnold

High as man’s desires.
—Earl of Beaconsfield

High … as the stars were above the clouds.
—Arthur. C. Benson

Higher than the price ov gold.
—Josh Billings

High as the stars.
—Thomas Carlyle

High as the head of Fame.
—William Congreve

High as the spheres.
—William Congreve

Piled high as the skies.
—Frederick the Great

High as the berries of a wild ash tree.
—John Keats

High as Jove’s roof.
—Sir Roger L’Estrange

High as that peak in Heaven where Milton kneels.
—Edwin Markham

High as most fantastic woman’s wits could reach.
—Thomas Otway

As high as Gilderoy.
—Scottish Proverb

High as heaven itself.
—William Shakespeare

High as the sunniest heights of kindliest thought.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne

As high as heaven.
—Old Testament

High as manhood’s noon.
—William Wordsworth