Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Clasp
Clasp like ivy.
—John Donne
Clasp’d like a missal where swart Paynims pray.
—John Keats
Clasped her like a lover.
—Alfred Tennyson
Clasped like some strange book of sorcery.
—George Sylvester Viereck