| James Fleming - 1866 - 382 pages
...Cannon 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,...the mouth of Hell, — All that was left of them, When can their glory fade ? Oh ! the wild charge they made ! All the world wonder'd. Honour the charge... | |
| Edwin B. Houghton - United States - 1866 - 360 pages
...bloody field, was six hundred and thirty-eight officers and men, dead or wounded. " They that had foJght so well, Came thro' the jaws of death, Back from the mouth of Hell, All that was left of them," — and the assault was abandoned. The casualties in the Seventeenth during the charge were six enlisted... | |
| Readers - 1866 - 408 pages
...Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them Volleyed and thundered; Stormed at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell, They that had fought so well Came through the jaws of death, Back from the mouth of hell, All that was left of them— Left of Six Hundred.... | |
| Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866 - 408 pages
...Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them Volleyed and thundered; Stormed at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell, They that had fought so well Came through the jaws of death, Back from the mouth of hell, All that was left of them — Left of Six Hundred.... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Aeronautics - 1866 - 340 pages
...and shell, They that had struck so well, Rode through the jaws of Death, Half a league back again, Up from the mouth of Hell, All that was left of them, Left of Six Hundred 1 Laura. The description is fine : the terrible pic ture is placed very distinctly before the eye,... | |
| James Ewing Ritchie - 1866 - 912 pages
...they rode back : but not — • Not the six hundred." In the poet's last verse all will agree — " When can their glory fade ? O ! the wild charge they made ! All the world wonder'd. Honour the charge they made ; Honour the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred !" The result of the action,... | |
| Whitnash rectory - 1866 - 478 pages
...and shell, They that had struck so well, Rode thro' the jaws of Death, Half a league back again, Up from the mouth of hell, All that was left of them — Left of six hundred. Honour the brave and bold ; Long shall the tale be told, Yea, when our babes are old, How they rode... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...shell, They that had struck so well Rode through the jaws of Death Half a league back again — Up from the mouth of hell All that was left of them — Left of Six Hundred. v. Honour the brave and bold '' Long shall the tale be told, Yes, when our babes are old — How they... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 1866 - 932 pages
...till a pen, Or England breed again Such a King Harry?' will somehow ring in the ears as we read: — " When can their glory fade ? O, the wild charge they made! All the world wouder'd. and so on. Coincidence, surely ? antly volleying forth, obscuring everything, and yon half... | |
| Frank Moore - United States - 1866 - 654 pages
...a hero fled, Fain in the last ditch dead. Back from an " ass's jaw," All that was left of them, • When can their glory fade ? O ! the wild charge they made ! All the world wondered. Honor the charge they made, Honor the Mule Brigade, Long-eared two hundred. AN INCIDENT UNDER... | |
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