Jenny kiss’d me when we met,Jumping from the chair she sat in;Time, you thief, who love to getSweets 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.
Leigh Hunt · Jenny Kiss'd Me
Joy & wonder
“Jenny kiss’d me when we met,”
- Author
- Leigh Hunt
- Work
- Jenny Kiss'd Me
- Found in
- The Oxford Book of English Verse
- Year
- 1838
- Length
- 50 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #66619
Public domain. This passage is in the public domain. Leigh Hunt died in 1859, more than 70 years ago, and the work was first published in 1838. You can copy, print, read aloud or sell it without asking permission; a credit is kind but not required. The text is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg edition linked here.
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