57. I Shall Not Care by Sara Teasdale. Rittenhouse, Jessie B., ed. 1917. The Little Book of Modern Verse

Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Little Book of Modern Verse. 1917.

57. I Shall Not Care

By Sara Teasdale


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

I shall have peace as leafy trees are peaceful,	5
When rain bends down the bough,
And I shall be more silent and cold-hearted
Than you are now.