<P> "The Charge of the Light Brigade" is an 1854 narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War . He wrote it on December 2, 1854, and it was published on December 9, 1854 in The Examiner . He was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom at the time . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The Charge of the Light Brigade 1890 recording by Alfred, Lord Tennyson on Edison wax cylinder </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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