Dec 2014
(By Leo Marks)
The life that I have
Is all that I have
And the life that I have
Is yours
The love that I have
Of the life that I have
Is yours and yours and yours.
A sleep I shall have
A rest I shall have
Yet death will be but a pause
For the peace of my years
In the long green grass
Will be yours and yours and yours.
The life that I have
Is all that I have
And the life that I have
Is yours
The love that I have
Of the life that I have
Is yours and yours and yours.
A sleep I shall have
A rest I shall have
Yet death will be but a pause
For the peace of my years
In the long green grass
Will be yours and yours and yours.
This poem was written by cryptographer Leo Marks during World War II and used as a cypher by the French agent Violette Szabo who was captured, tortured and killed by the Nazis. Later it was used to great effect in the movie about Szabo: Carve Her Name With Pride. It was also famously recited at the wedding of Chelsea Clinton in 2010.
