The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
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| Half a league, half a league, |
CONTINUE |
CONTINUE |
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| Half a league onward, |
CONTINUE |
PROGRESS |
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| All in the valley of Death |
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| Rode the six hundred. |
RODE |
HERD |
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| "Forward, the Light Brigade! |
SWORD-CHARGE |
ARMY |
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| "Charge for the guns!" he said: |
SEIZE |
CANNON |
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| Into the valley of Death |
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| Rode the six hundred. |
RODE |
HERD |
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| "Forward, the Light Brigade!" |
SWORD-CHARGE |
ARMY |
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| Was there a man dismay'd? |
THEY |
DEFLATED? |
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| Not tho' the soldier knew |
DOESN'T-MATTER |
THEY KNOW |
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| Someone had blunder'd: |
SOMEONE |
MISTAKE |
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| Their's not to make reply, |
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RESPONSIBILITY |
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REPLY |
NOT |
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| Their's not to reason why, |
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WHY |
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FIGURE |
NOT |
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| Their's but to do and die: |
THEIR |
ORDER |
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FOLLOW |
DIE |
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| Into the valley of Death |
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| Rode the six hundred. |
RODE |
HERD |
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| Cannon to right of them, |
CANNON->R |
CANNON->L |
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| Cannon to left of them, |
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| Cannon in front of them |
CANNON->front |
SURROUND |
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| Volley'd and thunder'd; |
VOLLEY |
VOLLEY |
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THUNDER |
THUNDER |
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| Storm'd at with shot and shell, |
BOMB |
BRAVE |
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| Boldly they rode and well, |
RIDE |
SKILL |
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| Into the jaws of Death, |
SURROUND |
JAW DEATH |
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| Into the mouth of Hell |
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| Rode the six hundred. |
RODE |
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| Flash'd all their sabres bare, |
DRAW-SWORD |
SLASH SLASH |
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| Flash'd as they turn'd in air, |
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| Sabring the gunners there, |
STAB |
FIGHT |
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| Charging an army, while |
SURROUND |
CLASH |
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| All the world wonder'd: |
WORLD |
QUESTION-HEAD |
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| Plunged in the battery-smoke |
SMOKE |
LINE |
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| Right thro' the line they broke; |
BREAK-THROUGH |
PAH |
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| Cossack and Russian |
ENEMY-PERSON |
FALL FALL |
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| Reel'd from the sabre stroke |
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| Shatter'd and sunder'd. |
SLASH-STAB |
SCATTER |
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| Then they rode back, but not |
VALLEY |
HERD |
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| Not the six hundred. |
NOT SIX |
HUNDRED |
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| Cannon to right of them, |
CANNON->R |
CANNON->L |
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| Cannon to left of them, |
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| Cannon behind them |
CANNON->back |
SURROUND |
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| Volley'd and thunder'd; |
VOLLEY |
VOLLEY |
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THUNDER |
THUNDER |
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| Storm'd at with shot and shell, |
BOMB |
HORSE RIDER |
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| While horse and hero fell, |
DIE |
DIE |
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| They that had fought so well |
FIGHT-FIGHT |
HERD |
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| Came thro' the jaws of Death |
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| Back from the mouth of Hell, |
JAW |
ESCAPE |
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| All that was left of them, |
DIE DIE |
SHRINK |
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| Left of six hundred. |
SHRINK LEFT |
FEW |
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| When can their glory fade? |
FAMOUS |
BRAVE |
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FADE |
NOT |
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| O the wild charge they made! |
WILD |
CLASH |
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| All the world wonder'd. |
WORLD |
QUESTION-HEAD |
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| Honor the charge they made, |
HONOR |
ARMY |
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| Honor the Light Brigade, |
CHARGE-MARCH SIX |
HUNDRED |
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| Noble six hundred. |
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