Sara Teasdale




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.






Sara Teasdale (St. Louis, Missouri, 1884 – 1933). Poetisa.