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.
This poem is in the public domain.
“Jenny Kissed Me” by Leigh Hunt — quilloak.com/poems/jenny-kissed-me
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