u"The Charge of the Light Brigade
by Alfred Tennyson

Half a league, half a league,
\u2003 Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
\u2003 Rode the six hundred.
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns' he said:
Into the valley of Death
\u2003 Rode the six hundred.

'Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldiers knew
\u2003 Some one had blunder'd:
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
\u2003 Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
\u2003 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
\u2003 Rode the six hundred.

Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turned in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army while
\u2003 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
\u2003 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,
\u2003 Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
\u2003 All the world wonder'd.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
\u2003 Noble six hundred!

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