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There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum-trees in tremulous white;
Robins will wear their feathery fire (5)
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done.
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree
If mankind perished utterly; (10)
And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,
Would scarcely know that we were gone.

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1. There Will Come Soft Rains: Introduction
2. There Will Come Soft Rains: Text of the Poem
3. There Will Come Soft Rains: Summary
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   2. Lines 7-12 Summary
4. There Will Come Soft Rains: Sara Teasdale Biography
5. There Will Come Soft Rains: Themes
6. There Will Come Soft Rains: Style
7. There Will Come Soft Rains: Historical Context
8. There Will Come Soft Rains: Critical Overview
9. There Will Come Soft Rains: Essays and Criticism
   1. Opposing Views on Nature and Humankind
   2. The Natural World's Indifference to Humanity
10. There Will Come Soft Rains: Compare and Contrast
11. There Will Come Soft Rains: Topics for Further Study
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