His most famous poem - but he was forced to write it because he was Poet Laureate. Although memorable, its jaunty metre doesn't suit the topic.

It provides a famous mondegreen "Haffely, Gaffely, Gaffely, Gonward".

There's a story about an early electricity supplier, then primarily used for lighting, who ended his speech with "Honour the Light Brigade". Whereat some wag at the back piped up "Oh, what a charge they made".

Although Tennyson died in 1892 there is actually a record of him reading this poem.
You'll find it here:
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