The Charge of the Light Brigade

9"Forward, the Light Brigade!"

10Was there a man dismay'd?

11Not tho' the soldier knew

12Some one had blunder'd:

13Theirs not to make reply,

14Theirs not to reason why,

15Theirs but to do and die:

16Into the valley of Death

17Rode the six hundred.

18Cannon to right of them,

19Cannon to left of them,

20Cannon in front of them

21Volley'd and thunder'd;

22Storm'd at with shot and shell,

23Boldly they rode and well,

24Into the jaws of Death,

25Into the mouth of Hell

26Rode the six hundred.

27Flash'd all their sabers bare,

28Flash'd as they turn'd in air

29Sab'ring the gunners there,

30Charging an army, while

31All the world wonder'd:

32Plunged in the battery-smoke

33Right thro' the line they broke;

34Cossack and Russian

35Reel'd from the saber-stroke

36Shatter'd and sunder'd.

37Then they rode back, but not

38Not the six hundred.

39Cannon to right of them,

40Cannon to left of them,

41Cannon behind them

42Volleyed and thundered:

43Stormed at with shot and shell,

44While horse and hero fell,

45They that had fought so well

46Came through the jaws of death

47Back from the mouth of hell,

48All that was left of them—

49Left of six hundred.

50When can their glory fade?

51Oh, the wild charge they made!

52All the world wondered.

53Honour the charge they made!

54Honour the Light Brigade—

55Noble six hundred!