PagineI Shall Not Care
by Sara Teasdale
From Rivers to the Sea (1915)
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.
This poem is in the public domain. Source text: Project Gutenberg.