The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
“Forward, the Light Brigade!
“Charge for the guns!” he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
“Forward, the Light Brigade!”
Was there a man dismay’d?
Not tho’ the soldier knew
Someone had blunder’d:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley’d and thunder’d;
Storm’d at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.
Flash’d all their sabres bare,
Flash’d as they turn’d in air,
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wonder’d:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro’ the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel’d from the sabre stroke
Shatter’d and sunder’d.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley’d and thunder’d;
Storm’d at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro’ the jaws of Death
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.
When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honor the charge they made,
Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred.
🙂
Blimey you can almost hear the soldiers marching and drums beating while reading this poem….
btw this is the second time I’ve tried to post on this lom…
my blog too has been playing silly beggars, this morning when I keyed in all my followers had disappeared… apparently there is a problem with followers and a number of the blogs are going crazy !! I’ve been trying to sort out mine all ruddy day… arrggghhh !!
I am glad it’s not just me that can hear those soldiers, I think this is a real stiring poem, as far as the computer goes I am blaming it on the sun spots, hahaha
Hi again lom, well I signed out last night and had succeeded in gathering up my followers…. when I signed in this morning they had gone away again…
So…… I’m throwing my dolls and teddy out of my pram and going to take a rest from blogging to hell with it ….. I just cannot be a*sed with any more ruddy carryons !!! I’ll continue to visit but apart from that nowt else for a while….
I wonder how long I can do without blogging hehehehe…
Cheers for now, Kate x.
poor teddy! haha, a break will do you good Kate, keep in touch