I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden

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

by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Creighton Allen (1900-1969) , "To a maiden", published 1954, from Shelley Songs, Cycle of Ten Songs, no. 3.
by (Archie Thomas) Lee Ashton (1873-) , "The heart's devotion", published 1908, from Four Old English Love Lyrics, no. 3
by John Joseph Becker (1886-1961) , "I fear thy kisses", 193- [voice, string quartet or piano], from Three Songs for Soprano, Piano and String Quartet, no. 3
by George John Bennett (1863-1930) , "I fear thy kisses", published 1886, from Twelve Songs Set to Poems of Shelley and Rossetti, no. 1.
by Lionel Solomon Benson , "I fear thy kisses", published 1879.
by Robert Fairfax Birch (1917-) , "I fear thy kisses", op. 34 no. 2, published 1955. [baritone or bass, piano]
by Ernest Blake , "I fear thy kisses", published 1908 [voice, piano], from Ten Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley for voice and piano
by Charles Braun (1868-?) , "I fear thy kisses", published 1900, from Six Songs, no. 2
by A. (Alfred or Arthur?) Herbert Brewer (1865-1928) , "I fear thy kisses", published 1912.
by George Sainton Kaye Butterworth (1885-1916) , "I fear thy kisses", published 1919.
by Robert Still (1910-1971) , "I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden"

by Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861-1906) , "Ja lask tvojikh strashus'"

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