RORKE'S DRIFT - PRELUDE

After the disaster of Isahldwana, at which a whole British regiment was cut down, a small garrison at Rorke's Drift waits to face the might of the Zulu nation in the year 1857. Watch the film - ZULU.

Reverberation of fear circles the valley,

The shields punched rhythmically

From proud warrior lines, silhouetting

The curved horizon.

A slow dawn backs up

And spills over. Concealed

In the shadow of brushwood,

Somewhere too close,

Others with flint faces

Sleek forward.

Brittle defenders

Wait behind loose ramparts,

Dependent on stacked-up rifles,

To be loaded from  

A dwindling supply of boxed

Ammunition, to suffice for

Today’s slaughter.