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Summary ‘Jenny Kiss’d Me‘ by Leigh Hunt is a passionate poem about the passage of time. The poet’s speaker describes a simple yet incredibly impactful kiss he received from a woman named Jenny in the first two lines. This kiss is something that’s stayed with him long after the moment itself.
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"Jenny kiss'd Me" (original title: Rondeau) is a poem by the English essayist Leigh Hunt. It was first published in November 1838 by the Monthly Chronicle. The poem — per its original title, a rondeau — was inspired by Jane Welsh, the wife of Thomas Carlyle.
A romance runs through the play, which ends in the engagement of Jenny to an attractive, somewhat older man who, trying hard to be fair and give Jenny a chance to meet eligible youngsters, almost risks losing her.
A charming young girl comes to live in the household of an elderly priest. Jenny, 18, is the precise opposite of the kind of smart sophisticated young miss that puzzles and exasperates Father Moynihan. The plot is concerned with the priest's clumsy endeavors to make Jenny attractive to the boys.
By Leigh Hunt. 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.
Jenny kiss'd me. 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.
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A play in three acts. NYC PRODUCTIONS. 1. Dec 23, 1948 - Jan 08, 1949. Hudson Theatre, New York, NY. Play Original. The original Broadway production of Jenny Kissed Me opened on Dec 23, 1948.
