"I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden." Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). I. Admiration. Bliss Carman, et al., eds. 1904. The World's Best Poetry. II. Love

Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume II. Love. 1904.

I. Admiration

“I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden”

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)


I FEAR thy kisses, gentle maiden;
Thou needest not fear mine;
My spirit is too deeply laden
Ever to burden thine.

I fear thy mien, thy tones, thy motion;	5
Thou needest not fear mine;
Innocent is the heart’s devotion
With which I worship thine.