Christina G. Rossetti

Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote romantic, devotional, and children's poems. 'Goblin Market' and 'Remember' remain famous. She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in the UK: 'In the Bleak Midwinter', later set by Gustav Holst and by Harold Darke, and 'Love Came Down at Christmas', also set by Darke and by other composers. She was a sister of the pre-Raphaelite artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and features in several of his paintings.