Christina RossettiFair 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.
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Her hair is as white as the moon in winter, her cheeks are as red as the bonfire in the dark of night. Her eyes are like the light in the morning when hope is reborn. She is not as she was before she was loved, but she is filled with hope for the future.
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