The Charge of The Light Brigade

[poetryofmai]

Very well done my brother! : )

[stephy19]

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.

[StandardCards]

Honor the Charge they made Honor the Light Brigade, Noble 600

[MaintainLifelessLove]

Thank you for reading Charge of the Light Brigade! I wish I could recite this from memory-- it is a moving poem.

[Cookie17656]

well, a fun one, with girls and parties, and something called friends.... and then you just sit at home doing homework and researching poems of the war and speak like your the queen or some shit looool!!

[Quad0502]

@Cookie17656 If you think this is so stupid, then why did you watch and comment?



[totomania92]

@Cookie17656 well aparently what you lack is style, a brain and alot of maturity 

[Tw1St3DSt33L]

"theirs is not to make reply, theirs is not to reason why, theirs is but to do and die"

Britains Empire was build on the blood of their sons. What valliant sons they may have been....

[liquoricelove]

nice reading, shame about the noise, but you do have a pretty good voice for narration :]

[truecolor101]

i do a thing called an academic team competition and one of the questions was on this Tennyson poem, and it was the stanza "Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell, Bodly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred." and I got the question right because of that

[Cookie17656]

hahahaaahahha nerd... clearly no life actually making this LMAO, and if ur wondering why im waching this... i have homework....

[allhailthelegs]

@Cookie17656 you sir are clearly a fag. Have some respect

[Cookie17656]

@allhailthelegs u "sir" are clearly a fuckin geek go grow some balls and a social life..

[Wietting1]

@Cookie17656 ... and you have a "life" i take it

[rspivotmaster]

@Cookie17656 Hahaha, obnoxious pillock.... clearly no life to actually bother making such a infantile and idiotic remark. Judging by your username, grammer, and comment, I'd say that you're unequivocally a 12 year old. Begone you incompitant philistine; your demeanor is appauling.

[Cookie17656]

@rspivotmaster mate, i can tell by the way your clearly chattin bare shit to me that your a fuckin geek i dont understand half the words u just said then and im 15...

[rspivotmaster]

@Cookie17656 You didn't understand what I said because you are an imbecile. You should be ashamed of the fact that your 15, but your writing gives the impression you are a 12 years old.

[Cookie17656]

@rspivotmaster yeh i am ashamed that i am 15..., you cant exsactly skip bein a teenager can you

[TomHartill]

@Cookie17656 - lol "chattin bare shit to me" - shut up you fucking idiot !!!

[Cookie17656]

@TomHartill smd

[TomHartill]

@Cookie17656

You havn't got one

[MrNorway93]

@Cookie17656 ur such a dick have some respect im 17 so if i can be a teenager and not be an absolute twat it may be possible if u try really hard for you not to be one either

[Cookie17656]

@MrNorway93 your all a bunch of gay nerds....

[TomHartill]

@Cookie17656

And your a lil scumbag and nothing more than a little boy

[thedadam1]

@Cookie17656 Your watching this because you have homework right? thats such a lame excuse. your 15; probably just a silly little freshmen and even if you weren't i highly doubt your english teacher would assign this poem as Homework. the way i see it you should still probablly be on Edger Allen Poe reading "the Bells". Let me guess, you watched the movie "the blind side" and liked this poem and found it on youtube and now you are critizing this man for actually having it up. hmmm?

[jonnygb4]

their's not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die.

Into the valley of death rode the six hundred

[basilf1]

I love the way you read this poem. It is extremely good. Thank you!

[cumbas]

1a)

I think to create soon an video on the Crimee’s War between the Allied France-the UK vs Russia because like usually I see here more idiotic vanity by unscholar & suckers fanatics English who dont know the truth but only their eternal perfidious & untrue propaganda & liers to give them the only glory...

In 1st Ok no problems for this charge and the nice sacrifice of the English Light Cavalry

It is a true fact in this war

[cumbas]

2a)

BUT it was pratically the only great action of the Brit Army during this war...

The Crimee’s War is an important war in the History

It mark the 1st Modern War by the use for the first time of modern weapons and much more fatal than in the past : Automatic guns, machins-guns, explosive balls drawn by the “canons”, etc..

In this time again like in the time of the Napoleonic age, the only true force of the UK especially in front of the others big European powers was its Navy

[cumbas]

3a)

But Its Army was not enough strong to support alone a war vs another European great power, vs Russia so in this Crimee’s War

& of course on the ground it was the French Army who supported pratically all the efforts for the Allied side : Numbers of soldiers, numbers of guns, number of battles vs the Russians

& it was in true the French Armies who saved more times the Brit Armies in bad situation vs the Russian Armies

[cumbas]

4a)

The majority of the great battles during this war were supported & won by France !!

& so you see here a perfect example again & again of the untrue English propaganda always very strong to take one act even little to increase it to do believe that they were the only glory in one war, by books or even movies like this

BUT the true winner of the Crimée’s War is France

[cumbas]

5a-end)

France thanks to this victory won on the ground by the French alone pratically, after its defeat in 1815 vs all the European kings united vs it, take again its important & true place in the European continental geopolitic : The 1st

Louis Bonaparte then president of the French Republic, benefitted from this new victory of the French Armies after that of the 1st Empire, to create the second French Empire and to become Napoleon III after that of his famous uncle Napoleon 1st in 1804...

[xpo50]

@cumbas You do realize that the Charge of the Heavy Brigade was extremely successful, but less famous. As well thanks to the British advances in medical treatment, more soldiers were able to be revived and fight again. France and Britains contribution was at least equal when compared to their respective populations and the number of soldiers they had available.

[TheFriedLiverAttack]

it went charrrrughghghgh in the mustard seeds sand sun.... light no arms no legs...whenist i was a child...oh great democracy is against nature...why must the woman be so fragile because she breaks easy>?

[ryde99]

Nice man

[SirWinstonChurchill]

The British are coming motherfuckers!

[Psychonaut316]

Almost the total opposite of the "St. Crispin's Day" speech in Henry V by Shakespeare. Both events fell on the same day, but centuries apart. Strange the differences in how honor is presented.

I can't help but think of Iron Maiden's "Trooper" as well when I read this.

[Calbeck]

Excellent reading, and splendid use of appropriate imagery. Tennyson would have been proud, I think.

[vickiormindyb]

This poem reminds me of my brother.

When he went into Iraq he was one person. He came back as someone else. He acts like he came "back from the mouth of hell."

[pdogone1]

most people had the THE in cannon to right of them cannon to left of them..love the 17th lancers leading the charge alongside the 13 lt dragoons with the 11th hussars , 4 lt dragoons and the 8 th hussars closing up...cardigan who was a hero in england was under a cloud as testimony says he got to the guns and then turned around..who was so famous that people copied his dress when he returned to england:the cardigan

[freddy77777]

Very nice

[codyhaynes123]

more expresion please

[bckittelsen]

Great reading!

[MikesAtWar]

Brilliant!

We are studying Tennyson for A Level...

This poem was placed before me and I read the first stanza at a glance but it caught my eye so I continued to read it, it is a work of art from such a brilllant litery genius!

[Samartha3]

thank you.

[MEEP012]

half a league half a league half a league onward

[si5617]

Fantastic!!

[yamestupid]

wait horse and hero without those horses they were dead the horses were heroes to

[LiviuFloreaRo]

Then they rode back, but not

Not the six hundred.

Not the six hundred, but Lord Cardigan was the first to retreat.

[LiviuFloreaRo]

Cannon to right of them,

Cannon to left of them,

Cannon in front of them

Volley'd & 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.

[rhineland11]

up the irons

[vegetablemagnetism]

But truth be told, it's really NOT a great poem. Tennyson had no choice but to commemorate the fiasco, being poet laureate.

[orientaldog]

very well read , as it should be , thank you

[Patlush]

One one springs to mind

Jackanory

Is there no reading of this epic poem with a sensible voice?

The last one i heard was an american pornstar reading it.

[Patlush]

One one springs to mind

Jackanory

Is there no reading of this epic poem with a sensible voice?

The last one i heard was an american pornstar reading it.

[psycochick441]

I really appriciate this video! I've always loved this poem, but it was always so hard to get the rhythm right. This helped! Great poem! Thank you so much!

[darkvelvet8]

=)) tis realla good!!!

and no matter what others say your interpretation is awesome!

[hegy98]

my god, you read it like a fucking child's bed time story.

It's a historic epic battle, not tea time with grandma.

[Soporifica]

Yes i agree..not very good is he ..

[apollonistis]

great

[Boruta46]

Are the little red & white flags on lances British ? Didn't polish lancers use these same colours at some stage. ?

[WillBeringer]

17th Lancers, yes they are British.

poland to my knowledge did not fight at any part at the crimea.

[LanceCorporalEngland]

Good, but in my honest opinion you don't have the right voice for it.

[bklopman]

My tought exactly.

But still nice slideshow :)

[ruisseau]

Nice recitation. It's good to get away from all the horrible, angry stuff all over youtube.

[KnightofLionel]

Where did you get the pics?

[ruisseau]

The photographs were taken by Roger Fenton, one of the few photographers with the British during the war. It's not too hard to find a book with all his Crimean pics. The paintings are mostly easy to find too.

[KnightofLionel]

Thanks,mate.