Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). To --. William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. 1909. The Book of Georgian Verse

William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909.

To ——

By Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)


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