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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. He also spends time in this poem ...
Leigh Hunt was a prolific poet, essayist, and journalist, who was friends with some of the most important literary figures of his time, including Byron, Shelley, and Keats. Though his outspoken political views created turmoil in his life—Hunt spent two years in prison for publishing libel on the Prince Regent—he dedicated much of his energy ...
The Nile. It flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands, Like some grave mighty thought threading a dream, And times and things, as in that vision, seem. Keeping along it their eternal stands,—. Caves, pillars, pyramids, the shepherd bands. That roamed through the young world, the glory extreme.
by Leigh Hunt. Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold:—. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said,
Nov 21, 2023 · Leigh Hunt as poet had a more light-hearted and cheerful tone, such as is evidenced in one of his most recognizable poems, the 1838 poem, "Jenny kiss'd Me:" Jenny kiss'd me when we met, Jumping ...
In happy places they call shelves, And will rise and dress your rooms. With a drapery thick with blooms. Come, ye rains, then if ye will, May’s at home, and with me still; But come rather, thou, good weather, And find us in the fields together. #EnglishWriters. There is May in books forever; May will part from Spenser never; May’s in Milton ...
The center of a circle that included Keats, Shelley, Hazlitt, Lamb, and others, Hunt edited several radical journals, one of which led to his two-year imprisonment for slandering the Prince Regent. This sonnet expresses the belief he shared with Shelley that orthodox notions of God are idolatrous.
