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Amazing Mistletoe

Mistletoe
Walter de la Mare)

Sitting under the mistletoe
(Pale-green, fairy mistletoe),
One last candle burning low,
All the sleepy dancers gone,
Just one candle burning on,
Shadows lurking everywhere:
Some one came, and kissed me there.
Tired I was; my head would go
Nodding under the mistletoe
(Pale-green, fairy mistletoe),
No footsteps came, no voice, but only,
Just as I sat there, sleepy, lonely,
Stooped in the still and shadowy air
Lips unseen - and kissed me there

All links will open in new windows

• O! Mistletoe!


• Mistletoe lore from Christmas.com


• Mistletoe: a variety of facts and lore


• Mistletoe History


• Holy mistletoe magic - the gateway between the worlds

• How to Manage Pests in Landscapes and Gardens: Mistletoe


• THE Misunderstood Mistletoe - friend or foe?
  Is mistletoe a pest or does it have a functional place in an ecosystem?

• From Grieve's Herbal, an early 1900's herbal (offered as lore and entertainment)


• Mistletoe Factsheet
  Includes description, habitat, lore and uses


• Mistletoe and Cancer, clinicaltrials.gov Research


• Mistletoe Extracts, National Cancer Institute

• Winter Photography Tips & Help


• Better Pictures in the Snow


• Remember, your camera meter wants to make everything midtone

Photo by Gary D.Tonhouse

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