Rondeau · Love
Jenny Kissed Me
by Leigh Hunt · 1838
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!
Say I'm weary, say I'm sad,
Say that health and wealth have miss'd me,
Say I'm growing old, but add,
Jenny kiss'd me.
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Quick facts
- Poem
- Jenny Kissed Me
- Poet
- Leigh Hunt
- Published
- 1838
- Length
- 8 lines
- Form
- Rondeau, Short Poems
- Themes
- Love, Happiness, Short
Craft notes
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- Shape
- 8 lines · one 8-line stanza
- End rhyme
- ABABCDCD.
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Text, source & rights
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- Author record
- Leigh Hunt1784–1859
- Source record
- WikisourceJenny Kissed Me by leigh-hunt, Wikisource transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- 1838
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 3c3f59b88bffceda…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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