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Leigh Hunt, prolific poet, essayist, and journalist, was a central figure of the Romantic movement in England. He produced a large body of poetry in a variety of forms: narrative poems, satires, poetic dramas, odes, epistles, sonnets, short lyrics, and translations from Greek, Roman, Italian, and French poems.
James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 1784 – 28 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet. Hunt co-founded The Examiner , a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles.
- 10, including Thornton Leigh Hunt
- Christ's Hospital, Newgate Street, London
- 28 August 1859 (aged 74), Putney, London, England
Analysis (ai): This poem follows a traditional structure and explores the theme of true love and charity. Unlike Hunt's other works, which often focus on nature and imagination, this poem highlights the importance of compassion and empathy.
Abou Ben Adhem. 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,
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.
To a Fish. You strange, astonished-looking, angle-faced, Dreary-mouthed, gaping wretches of the sea, Gulping salt-water everlastingly, Cold-blooded, though with red your blood be graced, And mute, though dwellers in the roaring waste; And you, all shapes beside, that fishy be,— Some round, some flat, some long, all devilry,
‘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.
