Rivers to the Sea (Collection)/I Shall Not Care

by Sara Teasdale

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I SHALL NOT CARE

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.