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The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2

Part 2 — "I FEAR THY KISSES, GENTLE MAIDEN"

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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]

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