← The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2, Volume 1
"I Fear Thy Kisses, Gentle Maiden"
I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden;
Thou needest not fear mine;
My spirit is too deeply laden
Ever to burthen thine.
I fear thy mien, thy tones, thy motion;
Thou needest not fear mine;
Innocent is the heart's devotion
With which I worship thine.
Percy Bysshe Shelley [1792-1822]