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To ——. ‘I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden’

by Percy Bysshe Shelley · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880

I

I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden,

      Thou needest not fear mine;

My spirit is too deeply laden

      Ever to burthen thine.

II

I fear thy mien, thy tones, thy motion,

      Thou needest not fear mine;

Innocent is the heart's devotion

      With which I worship thine.

#emotional burden #fear of intimacy #percy bysshe shelley #romantic devotion #unrequited love

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