Los Trancos 2002 05 18
Michael Wimble
5/18/02

hiking@wimble.org

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It was a dark and stormy night.
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Half a league half a league Half a league onward All in the valley of Death Hiked the six hundred:
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`Forward the Light Brigade!' Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho' the hiker knew Some one had blunder'd:
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Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do & hike,
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Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd & thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot & shell,
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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.
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When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made! All the world wonder'd. Honour the hike they made!