Possible Clues:

• Stood tall
• Cast a long shadow
• Dwarfed, with "over"
• Loomed large
• Was taller and more eminent than others
• Reached high to marry, taking in royalty
• Rose above
• Was of great height, . . . . . . . over others
• Loomed (over)
• Thorn's first to be in red, red rose