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Jenny Kissed Me is a short charming oft-quoted poem by English essayist Leigh Hunt. First published in November 1838 in the Monthly Chronicle it was inspired by Jane Welsh the wife of Thomas Carlyle. The complete poem is:Jenny kissed me when we metJumping 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 sadSay that health and wealth have missed meSay I’m growing old but addJenny kissed me.↑ ↑