Jenny kiss'd Me

"Jenny kiss'd Me" (original title: Rondeau)[1] is a poem by the English essayist Leigh Hunt.

[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.

The complete poem is: 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.