This tragic poem of love and devotion by Leo Marks was read as part of Chelsea Clinton's recent wedding ceremony to Mark Mezvinsky. THe poet wrote this on Xmas Eve in 1943 for his girlfriend Ruth who had just died in a plane crash. Here's the full text:
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
