Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Twine
My thoughts twine and bud about thee, as with vines, about a tree.
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Twined in Memory’s mystic hand,
Like pilgrim’s withered wreath of flowers plucked in a far-off land.
—Lewis Carroll
Twineth, like a lover’s arm,
With sweet devotion.
—Eliza Cook
Twine, like pole ivy round the polished bark.
—Richard Cumberland
Sweet thoughts are twining in with bitter ones, as roses twine with rue.
—James M. Morton
Twines round it as the ivy does the ash.
—Baron Karl F. H. von Münchausen
Like the tendrils of the vine,
Do her auburn tresses twine.
—Ambrose Philips