Light Horse Brigade

Famous quotes containing the words light, horse and/or brigade:

    Come hither, and I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out.
    Apocrypha. 2 Esdras, 14:25.

    But when his horse had put its hoof
    Into a rabbit hole
    He dropped upon his head and died.
    His lady saw it all
    And dropped and died thereon, for she
    Loved him with her soul.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    Rational free spirits are the light brigade who go on ahead and reconnoitre the ground which the heavy brigade of the orthodox will eventually occupy.
    —G.C. (Georg Christoph)