The poem — per its original title, a rondeau — was inspired by Jane Welsh, the wife of Thomas Carlyle. Here you will find the Poem Rondeau (Jenny Kissed Me) of poet James Henry Leigh Hunt Rondeau (Jenny Kissed Me) Jenny kissed me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in. Say I'm weary, say I'm sad; Say that health and wealth have missed me; Say I'm growing old, but add - Jenny kissed me! Show Menu Poetry Foundation. He produced a large body of poetry in a variety of forms: narrative poems, satires, poetic dramas, odes, epistles, sonnets, short lyrics, and translations from Greek, Roman, Italian,... The poem is addressed to Time (the capitalized ‘T’ suggests it is Father Time) Jenny kiss'd Me (original title: Rondeau) is a poem by the English essayist Leigh Hunt. By Leigh Hunt By Leigh Hunt
He produced a large body of poetry in a variety of forms: narrative poems, satires, poetic dramas, odes, epistles, sonnets, short lyrics, and translations from Greek, Roman, Italian,... Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your list, put that in. Poems.

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Jenny Kiss’d Me by Leigh Hunt 1. Who is the poem addressed to? Jenny kissed me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your list, put that in!

About this Poet Leigh Hunt, prolific poet, essayist, and journalist, was a central figure of the Romantic movement in England. Jenny kiss’d me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your list, put that in!

Song is neither discourse nor explanation.” ~Octavio Paz

Jenny kiss'd me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your list, put that in! It was first published in November 1838 by the Monthly Chronicle. Poem #52, Rondeau (Jenny Kissed Me) by Leigh Hunt, 1857 Apr 10 “Reduced to its simplest and most essential form, the poem is a song.



About this Poet Leigh Hunt, prolific poet, essayist, and journalist, was a central figure of the Romantic movement in England.