James Henry Leigh Hunt by Benjamin Robert Haydon

"Jenny kiss'd Me" (original title: ''Rondeau'') is a poem by the English essayist

Leigh Hunt James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 178428 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet. Hunt co-founded '' The Examiner'', a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles. He was the centre ...

. It was first published in November 1838 by the ''Monthly Chronicle''. The poem — per its original title, a rondeau — was inspired by

Jane Welsh Jane Welsh (14 January 1905 – 27 November 2001) was a British actress. She portrayed Mrs Brown, William's mother, in the films '' Just William's Luck'' (1947) and '' William Comes to Town'' (1948). Selected filmography * '' The Sleeping C ...

, the wife of

Thomas Carlyle Thomas Carlyle (4 December 17955 February 1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian, and philosopher. Known as the "Sage writing, sage of Chelsea, London, Chelsea", his writings strongly influenced the intellectual and artistic culture of the V ...

. According to anthologist

Martin Gardner Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914May 22, 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer with interests also encompassing magic, scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literatureespecially the writin ...

, "Jenny kiss'd Me" was written during a flu epidemic, and refers to an unexpected visit by the recovered Hunt to the Carlyle household and being greeted by Jenny. __TOC__

Poem

The complete poem is: The poem was deemed worthy of inclusion in ''The Oxford Book of English Verse'', Hazel Felleman's ''Best-Loved Poems of the American People'', and

's ''Best Remembered Poems.''Gardner, Martin (1992), Best Remembered Poems, Dover Publications, , pp. 63-64

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