The Charge of the Light Brigade

"The Charge of the Light Brigade" was a poem written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, a British poet who lived in the 19th century. Its subject was an infamous British cavalry charge at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War (1853-1856).

Just prior to entering battle during Operation Return against overwhelming Dominion and Cardassian forces, Miles O'Brien and Julian Bashir quoted a stanza of this poem. The quote had particular significance because the 600 Starfleet ships were in danger of being outflanked and surrounded by the larger Dominion fleet. 
 * Cannon to right of them,
 * Cannon to left of them,
 * Cannon in front of them
 * Volley'd and thunder'd;
 * Storm'd at with shot and shell,
 * Boldly they rode and well,
 * Into the jaws of Death,
 * Into the mouth of Hell
 * Rode the six hundred.