Poetry Browser

An online anthology
of classic poems

Menu +/- Search +/- Random Poem

I Fear Thy Kisses, Gentle Maiden

by Percy Bysshe Shelley


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.