The Life That I Have

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Carve Her Name with Pride

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Apophos — 20 years ago(March 09, 2006 07:09 AM)

The Life That I Have
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.

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atik10 — 20 years ago(March 30, 2006 02:23 PM)

Great poem & fitting tribute to a very courageous lady who paid the ultimate price in the fight against tyranny.
Violette, your memory lives on.

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dvickers — 18 years ago(August 27, 2007 01:34 PM)

The poem is a wonderful tribute to a wonderful lady. We owe her and many more like her so much

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medinaimdb — 17 years ago(January 11, 2009 12:05 PM)

The poem was written by Leo Marx who was a British cryptographer in SOE.
Interestingly, his father owned a bookshop in London at 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD. The film of that name starred Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft.

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martin-37 — 16 years ago(January 20, 2010 02:27 AM)

I think, from my memory of his excellent book, that Leo Marks wrote the poem for his girlfriend who was in the WAAF. She went to Canada with the WAAF and was killed whilst there.
He used to write short "code poems" for the SOE agents to use as an emergency code if their main one was compromised. He had this one in his desk drawer so gave it to Violette Szabo when she was being prepared to go to France.
I normally do not have much interest in poetry but always find this one very moving.
MB

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toddschaferdpm — 15 years ago(March 05, 2011 09:22 PM)

I was prepared for some sappy poem to come out of her lovers mouth, but, I too, was very impressed with its beauty.

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johncdavison — 14 years ago(February 07, 2012 02:30 PM)

I plan to do a calligraphic version of this on parchment for a dear friend's wedding present from me.
It's one of the few poems I can recite from memory, in spite of almost being a Lit major.

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Errington_92 — 13 years ago(August 30, 2012 10:41 AM)

It came across as quite sappy and in the style of propaganda when it was said through out the film till its use in the closing scenes, which then was very emotional.
"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not".