Fair as the moon and joyful as the light; Tot wan with waiting, not with sorrow dim; Not as she is, but was when hope shone bright; Not as she is, but as she fills his dreams.

The Face of the Deep. Learning Not to be First: A Biography of Christina Rossetti. London: Anthem 2004.

Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic devotional and children's poems. She is perhaps best known for her long poem Goblin Market her love poem Remember and for the words of the Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter.