{"id":559,"date":"2016-10-06T14:05:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T14:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishlitvictorianmodern\/?post_type=chapter&p=559"},"modified":"2016-10-06T14:05:08","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T14:05:08","slug":"the-charge-of-the-light-brigade","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-englishlitvictorianmodern\/chapter\/the-charge-of-the-light-brigade\/","title":{"raw":"The Charge of the Light Brigade","rendered":"The Charge of the Light Brigade"},"content":{"raw":"Half a league, half a league,\nHalf a league onward,\nAll in the valley of Death\nRode the six hundred.\n'Forward, the Light Brigade!\nCharge for the guns' he said:\nInto the valley of Death\nRode the six hundred.<\/span>\n\n'Forward, the Light Brigade!'\nWas there a man dismay'd?\nNot tho' the soldiers knew\nSome one had blunder'd:\nTheirs not to make reply,\nTheirs not to reason why,\nTheirs but to do and die:\nInto the valley of Death\nRode the six hundred.\n\nCannon to right of them,\nCannon to left of them,\nCannon in front of them\nVolley'd and thunder'd;\nStorm'd at with shot and shell,\nBoldly they rode and well,\nInto the jaws of Death,\nInto the mouth of Hell\nRode the six hundred.\n\nFlash'd all their sabres bare,\nFlash'd as they turned in air\nSabring the gunners there,\nCharging an army while\nAll the world wonder'd:\nPlunged in the battery-smoke\nRight thro' the line they broke;\nCossack and Russian\nReel'd from the sabre-stroke\nShatter'd and sunder'd.\nThen they rode back, but not\nNot the six hundred.\n\nCannon to right of them,\nCannon to left of them,\nCannon behind them\nVolley'd and thunder'd;\nStorm'd at with shot and shell,\nWhile horse and hero fell,\nThey that had fought so well\nCame thro' the jaws of Death,\nBack from the mouth of Hell,\nAll that was left of them,\nLeft of six hundred.\n\nWhen can their glory fade?\nO the wild charge they made!\nAll the world wonder'd.\nHonour the charge they made!\nHonour the Light Brigade,\nNoble six hundred!","rendered":"

Half a league, half a league,
\nHalf a league onward,
\nAll in the valley of Death
\nRode the six hundred.
\n‘Forward, the Light Brigade!
\nCharge for the guns’ he said:
\nInto the valley of Death
\nRode the six hundred.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Forward, the Light Brigade!’
\nWas there a man dismay’d?
\nNot tho’ the soldiers knew
\nSome one had blunder’d:
\nTheirs not to make reply,
\nTheirs not to reason why,
\nTheirs but to do and die:
\nInto the valley of Death
\nRode the six hundred.<\/p>\n

Cannon to right of them,
\nCannon to left of them,
\nCannon in front of them
\nVolley’d and thunder’d;
\nStorm’d at with shot and shell,
\nBoldly they rode and well,
\nInto the jaws of Death,
\nInto the mouth of Hell
\nRode the six hundred.<\/p>\n

Flash’d all their sabres bare,
\nFlash’d as they turned in air
\nSabring the gunners there,
\nCharging an army while
\nAll the world wonder’d:
\nPlunged in the battery-smoke
\nRight thro’ the line they broke;
\nCossack and Russian
\nReel’d from the sabre-stroke
\nShatter’d and sunder’d.
\nThen they rode back, but not
\nNot the six hundred.<\/p>\n

Cannon to right of them,
\nCannon to left of them,
\nCannon behind them
\nVolley’d and thunder’d;
\nStorm’d at with shot and shell,
\nWhile horse and hero fell,
\nThey that had fought so well
\nCame thro’ the jaws of Death,
\nBack from the mouth of Hell,
\nAll that was left of them,
\nLeft of six hundred.<\/p>\n

When can their glory fade?
\nO the wild charge they made!
\nAll the world wonder’d.
\nHonour the charge they made!
\nHonour the Light Brigade,
\nNoble six hundred!<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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