Jenny kiss'd Me explained

"Jenny kiss'd Me" (original title: Rondeau)^[1] is a poem by the English essayist Leigh Hunt. It was first published in November 1838 by the Monthly Chronicle.^[2]

The poem — per its original title, a rondeau — was inspired by Jane Welsh, the wife of Thomas Carlyle. According to anthologist Martin Gardner, "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 Martin Gardner's Best Remembered Poems.^[3]

References

1. The Poetical Works of Leigh Hunt. Now Finally Collected, Revised by Himself, and Edited by His Son, Thornton Hunt. With Illustrations by Corbould (1860), p. 285.
2. Web site: Leigh Hunt. 26 January 2018. Poetry Foundation. 27 January 2018.
3. Gardner, Martin (1992), Best Remembered Poems, Dover Publications,, pp. 63-64