| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | What do I Care | | By Sara Teasdale |
| | From “Memories”
WHAT do I care, in the dreams and the languor of spring, | |
| That my songs do not show me at all? | |
| For they are a fragrance, and I am a flint and a fire; | |
| I am an answer, they are only a call. | |
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| What do I care—for love will be over so soon— | 5 |
| Let my heart have its say, and my mind stand idly by. | |
| For my mind is proud, and strong enough to be silent— | |
| It is my heart that makes my songs, not I. | | | | |
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