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Patrick Waddington, Theirs but to do or die: The poetry of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, 25th October 1854, Astra Press [199?]

CONTENTS.

Preface.

xi.

Introduction.

Poems on the Charge:

1. Alfred Tennyson, "The Charge of the Light Brigade"; also "The Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava, October 25th, 1854", p.13. [here]

2. R., "The Charge of the Light Brigade, October 25th', p.28.

3. Tom Taylor, "The Battle of Balaklava", p.29. [same as here?]

4. The Earl of Ellesmere, "Balaklava", p.33. [here]

5. Anonymous [Helen Nash?], "Balaklava", from Alma. Balaklava. Lines on Russian Policy, p.35.

6. John Westland Marston, The Death-Ride: A Tale of the Light Brigade, p.37. [here]

7. Harriet Maria Gordon, Mrs Yorick Smythies, extract from Sebastopol: A Poem, Dedicated to the Spirit of "The Times", p.42.

8. Richard Chenevix Trench, "Balaklava", p.43. [here]

9. Alfred Knott, "Balaklava: The Light Cavalry Charge", p.44. [here]

10. [Pi.Delta.] [PB: Revd Claude Magnay?], Duty; or, The Heroes of the Charge in the Valley of Balaclava. A Poem, p.46.

11. William Bance, The Battle of Balaclava: A Ballad, p.55.

12. Helen Macgregor, "Balaklava", p.64.

13. Henry Sewell Stokes, "Balaclava", p.68. [here]

14. John Caulfield, Balaklava: Recitative and Aria, p.72.

15. T. Gerald Massey, "Balaklava", p.73. [here]

16. Sydney Dobell, "The Cavalry Charge", p.75. [here]

17. Alexander Smith, "The Cavalry Charge", p.76. [here]

18. Richard Doddridge Blackmore (signed "Melanter"), "The Charge of Death", p.77.

19. A Retired Liverpool Merchant, "The Charge of Balaklava", p.83.

20. S.K.H., "The Charge of the Light Cavalry at Balaklava", p.85.

21. Tom Taylor, "Balaklava", p.87.

22. Alexander Beaufort Meek, "Balaklava", p.89. [here]

23. A Clergyman, extract from Fall of the Czar! "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharshin." The Lament of Petersburgh, p.94.

24. Anonymous, "The Charge", from The Courrier to St Petersburgh, The Charge, and Other Poems, p.96.

25. John Sumner Gibson, extract from The War in the Crimea, p.97.

26. John Dryden Pigott, extract from Lay of the Crimea, p.98.

27. James Barron Hope, "The Charge at Balaklava", p.102. [here]

28. Robert Story, "The Battle of Balaklava", p.106.

29. Caroline Hayward, "The Battle of Balaclava, and the Unparalleled Heroic, but Deeply to Be Lamented Charge of the Light Cavalry, through a Mistaken Order", p.108. [here]

30. W.C. Bennett, "Balaclava. - October 25th 1854", p.112. [here]

31. Walter Whitmore-Jones, "Balaclava", p.116.

32. J.N. Crampton, extract from The Fall of Sebastopol, p.119. [here]

33. Michael Joseph Barry, "The Charge of Balaklava", p.123. [here]

34. Robert Franklin, extract from Notes on the War and the Blessing of Peace, p.127. [here]

35. F.A. Wilson, "The Death-Ride - Grand Chorus", p.128.

36. Julia Ward Howe, "Balaklava", p.133. [here]

37. William Stafford, "The Death-Ride of Balaclava", p.135.

38. Henry Dunn O'Halloran, The Charge of the 'Six Hundred' at Balaklava, 25th October, 1854, p.137.

39. George Roberts Hedley, "The Balaclava Charge", p.142. [here]

40. Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle, "Balaclava", p.144. [here]

41. Richard Chandler, "Balaclava", p.147. [here]

42. G.H. [George Harriett? Herriott?], "The Light Brigade", p.148.

43. Lydia W. Melland, "The 21st Anniversary of October 25th 1854"; "The 22nd Anniversary of October 25th 1854"; "The 23rd Anniversary of October 25th 1854"; "The 24th Anniversary of October 25th 1854", p.150.

44. Anonymous, "The Charge of the Light Brigade", p.156.

45. George Barlow, "Sonnet XXXV. Balaclava", p.158. [here]

46. John Arthur Elliott, Balaclava. (Oh 'Tis a Famous Story!) , p.159. [here]


Addenda: Selected Poems Arising from the Charge.

1. Tom Taylor [presumably Punch], "Charge of the Light Brigade. (NQ 2.) (At the Alexandra Palace Banquet, October 25.)", p.163.
[PB: Is this here?]

2. Gilbert Arthur a Beckett, "The Last Charge of the Light Brigade (Brought by the Survivors against those - who might have looked after them.)", p.165.

3. Rudyard Kipling, "The Last of the Light Brigade", p.168.[here]

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Postscript, p. 171.

About the Authors, p.173.

Notes, p.177.

General Bibliography, p.187.

A Bibliography of Crimean War Poetry, p.199.

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