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 famous for "goblin market" and "remember". she wrote the words of two christmas carols well known in the british isles: "in the bleak midwinter", later set to music by gustav holst and by harold darke, and "love came down at christmas", also set by harold darke and by other composers.