'Theirs not to reason why theirs but to do or die'..or something like that?..
2007-03-25 12:10:11 · 7 answers · asked by indianschick24 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
sorry.. i heard it on the movie Saving Private Ryan..and im not sure if those are the exact words.
2007-03-25 12:15:28 · update #1
Source: Alfred Tennyson, "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
Original: "Theirs not reason why / Theirs but to do or die"
2007-03-25 12:13:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rudyard Kipling: The charge of the Light Brigade. It's a poem, "Theirs is not to reason why, theirs is but to do and die".
Wow, I thought it was Kipling; go figure.
I checked, Alfred, Lord Tennyson
2007-03-25 19:14:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do or die.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson in this....
Charge of the Light Brigade
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
`Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!' he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
`Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Some one had blunder'd:
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.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and 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.
Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre-stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.
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,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.
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!
-- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
2007-03-25 19:16:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lord Stanmore
2007-03-25 19:13:24 · answer #4 · answered by leslieknows 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hun nobody can answer the question if ya dont really know the quote. srry nice try though
2007-03-25 19:13:35 · answer #5 · answered by gema=) 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
something like that?..
2007-03-25 19:13:09 · answer #6 · answered by TEBOE7 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
HUH?
2007-03-25 19:12:37 · answer #7 · answered by Susie Q. 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋