From Lochinvar's defiance in carrying off his beloved, to the tragic waste of the gallant six hundered in the Light Brigade, to the "finest man I ever knew" (Gunga Din), The First Poetry Quarter presents the grandness and bravery of some of the best-loved British poems of the 19th century. Features "Lochinvar, from Marmion, Canto V;" "Breathes There the Man from Lay of the Last Minstrel, Canto VI;" Song (On the Lifting of the Banner of the House of Buccleuch, at the Great Football Match on Canterhaugh);" "The Charge of the Light Brigade;" "The Splendor Falls on Castle Walls from The Princess, Part III;" "Crossing the Bar;" "The Ballad of East and West;" "Gentlemen-Rankers;" "L'Envoi ('When Earth's Last Picture is Painted')," "The Sons of the Widow;" "The Betrothed," "Gunga Din" and "In Memoriam, Section CVI." Part of the Master Poets Collection II. As seen on PBS. |