The Mistletoe Bough
"The Mistletoe Bough" is a haunting poem set in a candlelit castle on Christmas night, where a young bride named Lovell's bride playfully hides during the festivities — and never returns. Her new husband searches every tower and shadowed nook, year after year, as joy slowly turns to grief and then to legend. The poem builds quiet dread through its ballad rhythm, withholding the terrible truth until the final stanza, when an old oak chest reveals exactly what became of her.
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