THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 336, 19 January 1856, Page 6

THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE.

Half ;i league, half a league, Half a. league onward, AH in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. li Char»e.'' was the captain's cry, Theirs not, to reason why, Their? u»t t«> make reply, Theirs but ti> do and die. lino tHe valley of Death, Roue ilie six hundred. Cannon to rip lit of thorn, Camion lo left of them, Cannon in front of them, V.iilev'd and diuiuier'd. Storm'd at with shoi and shell, Boldly they rode and well Into ihf; jaws of death. Into iho monili »f hell Rode the six hundred. Flash'd all their sabres hare, Fiash'd all at once in nir, Sabrin<r the tinners there, Charging; an army wlnle All iii<- world wotidei'd. PlunffM in the imHcry smoke, Fiercely the line thpv hmke : Slrmitr was tlies.ibro stmke, Mnlrinr an army reel. Shaken and sundrr'd ; Then they ro<i« hack, hut nol — Nut the six hundred. Cannon to ritrht of them, Ciiunon tv ielt of tliem, Cannon heliind ihem, Vuliey'd and ihundet'd. Storni'd ai with slnit and Kiiel!, They lhathad stmc.k s<. well, Rode thro' the j iws id' Death, Halt a league haeka^ain, Up from the month of hell, All thai, was left of them— Lt?ft of hix hundred. Honour !he brave and hold » \Atu<r shall the tale i.c told, Yea, when our habes are old, How they rode onwards. Al/rcd Tennyson, D.C.I,