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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