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b'Alfred, Lord Tennyson read by Classic Poetry Aloud\\n\\nwww.classicpoetryaloud.com\\nTwitter: @classicpoetry\\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/poetryaloud\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n--------------------------------------- \\n\\n The Charge of the Light Brigade\\nAlfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 \\u2013 92)\\n \\nHalf a league, half a league, \\n Half a league onward, \\nAll in the valley of Death \\n Rode the six hundred. \\n\\u201cForward, the Light Brigade! \\nCharge for the guns!\\u201d he said: \\nInto the valley of Death \\n Rode the six hundred. \\n\\n\\u201cForward, the Light Brigade!\\u201d \\nWas there a man dismay\\u2019d? \\nNot tho\\u2019 the soldier knew \\n Some one had blunder\\u2019d: \\nTheirs not to make reply, \\nTheirs not to reason why, \\nTheirs but to do and die: \\nInto the valley of Death \\n Rode the six hundred. \\n\\nCannon to right of them, \\nCannon to left of them, \\nCannon in front of them \\n Volley\\u2019d and thunder\\u2019d; \\nStorm\\u2019d at with shot and shell, \\nBoldly they rode and well, \\nInto the jaws of Death, \\nInto the mouth of Hell \\n Rode the six hundred. \\n\\nFlash\\u2019d all their sabres bare, \\nFlash\\u2019d as they turn\\u2019d in air \\nSabring the gunners there, \\nCharging an army, while \\n All the world wonder\\u2019d: \\nPlunged in the battery-smoke \\nRight thro\\u2019 the line they broke; \\nCossack and Russian \\nReel\\u2019d from the sabre-stroke \\n Shatter\\u2019d and sunder\\u2019d. \\nThen they rode back, but not \\n Not the six hundred. \\n\\nCannon to right of them, \\nCannon to left of them, \\nCannon behind them \\n Volley\\u2019d and thunder\\u2019d; \\nStorm\\u2019d at with shot and shell, \\nWhile horse and hero fell, \\nThey that had fought so well \\nCame thro\\u2019 the jaws of Death, \\nBack from the mouth of Hell, \\nAll that was left of them, \\n Left of six hundred. \\n\\nWhen can their glory fade? \\nO the wild charge they made! \\n All the world wonder\\u2019d. \\nHonor the charge they made! \\nHonor the Light Brigade, \\n Noble six hundred! \\n \\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud, 2007.'