Honor the charge they made, Honor the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred. When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made! All the world wondered. Then they rode back, but not Not the six hundred.Ĭannon 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. “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.Ĭannon 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.įlash’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. “Forward, the Light Brigade! “Charge for the guns!” he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death rode the six hundred. His Irish father was in the British Consular service, his mother was Italian. General Aireys A.D.C., Captain Lewis Edward Nolan, was a remarkable young man. This narrative begins after Raglan has sent the order to Lord Lucan. The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson The result was the Charge of the Light Brigade on 25 October 1854.
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