| Louis Untermeyer, ed. (18851977). Modern American Poetry. 1919. |
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| Sara Teasdale. 1884 |
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| 101. I Shall Not Care |
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| 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. | |
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| 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. | |
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