Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MISTLETOE AND HOLLY, by ALICE R. TAGGART


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MISTLETOE AND HOLLY, by                    
First Line: The frost and snow of mistletoe
Last Line: And on thy breast the holly.
Variant Title(s): Love's Token
Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The


THE frost and snow of mistletoe,
The warmth of holly berry,
These I combine, O lady mine,
To make thy yule-tide merry.
And shouldst thou learn, sweet, to return
My love, nor deem it folly,
Twined in thy hair the snow fruit wear,
And on thy breast the holly.





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