"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 â per its original title, a rondeau â 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:
The poem was deemed worthy of inclusion in The Oxford Book of English Verse, Hazel Felleman's Best-Loved Poems of the American People, and Martin Gardner's Best Remembered Poems.
Jeppe Aakjær translated the poem to the Danish dialect Jutlandic on 19 December 1926.