I Shall Not Care

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I Shall Not Care
by Sara Teasdale
From Love Songs Part I and Rivers to the Sea Part I


WHEN I am dead and over me bright April
      Shakes out her rain-drenched hair,
Tho' you should lean above me broken-hearted,
      I shall not care.

I shall have peace, as leafy trees are peaceful
      When rain bends down the bough,
And I shall be more silent and cold-hearted
      Than you are now.