Rondeau
Original Text:
Monthly Chronicle (London: Longman, 1838). AP M664 MICR mfm Robarts Library
2 Jumping from the chair she sat in;
3Time, you thief, who love to get
4 Sweets into your list, put that in:
5Say I'm weary, say I'm sad,
6 Say that health and wealth have missed me,
7Say I'm growing old, but add,
8 Jenny kissed me.
Notes
1] The Jenny of the poem is said to have been Jane Welsh Carlyle, wife of Thomas Carlyle. Back to Line
Publication Start Year:
1838
RPO poem Editors:
J. D. Robins
RPO Edition:
2RP.2.157; RPO 1996-2000.
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