Things that make grown men well up.

[yello]

 

[Once a Wheeler]

Thomas Babington Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome, Horatius:

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Alone stood brave Horatius,​

But constant still in mind;​

Thrice thirty thousand foes before,​

And the broad flood behind.​

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https://englishverse.com/poems/horatius

 

[DRM]

If anyone found that upsetting (or indeed couldn't bear to watch it), they might find some cheer from this version:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRyVC7LeOkU

View: https://youtu.be/JkNLAUwSFGw

this makes me cry, with laughing

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Aragorns coronation scene in 'The Lord Of The Rings' (Return Of The King), as Arwen & himself are walking through the crowd, they come across the 4 Hobbit who bow to Aragon, who tells them
"My friends, you bow to no-one "


Then he bows, & a crowd of hundreds all bow to the Hobbits

A great moment, after the 9 hours of the films

EDIT @ 20:52

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBtzudk40pE

 

[Grant Fondo]

Aragorns coronation scene in 'The Lord Of The Rings' (Return Of The King), as Arwen & himself are walking through the crowd, they come across the 4 Hobbit who bow to Aragon, who tells them
My friends, you bow to no-one


Then he bows, & a crowd of hundreds all bow to the Hobbits

A great moment, after the 9 hours of the films

The bit where Gandalf sucumbs to the Balrog gets me, Boromir says 'Give the little ones a moment' shortly after.
Also the end of AI when his Mum is returned for 24 hours, gulp

 

[DRM]

The story of HMS Warspite (Pennant 03), my avatar picture. She endured WW1 and WW2 suffering shellfire, bombing, ramming, mines and a guided missile and right up until the end when she seeming utterly refused to go to Faslane to be scrapped, hugging the coast in a state off of Cornwall for years... It is but a ship, a ship for war, but if there was ever a machine with a soul, it is this one...

I recall being on a boat trip around Portsmouth Harbour in around 1980/81 I think, HMS Ark Royal was anchored up and was due to be scrapped, the excursion went round the ship to let us have a good look at it, and I recall a man, probably then in his 40’s stood looking at it with tears streaming down his face, and remember mentioning it to my parents who had also noticed him saying I bet he’d spent a fair bit of time on it, the ship was a sad sight to see with huge rust stains down the side of it.

 

[nickyboy]

Having two punctures on a ride while only carrying one spare tube

 

[mpemburn]

This. I asked them to play it when my beloved and I were standing at the altar 34 years ago. Nearly broke down and cried right there. Even thinking about this right now has me going. I love her so much.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3nxOF8wnMk

 

[stephec]

Has anyone mentioned the end of Watership Down yet, when the black rabbits come dancing down?

 

[Beebo]

It’s a wonderful life,
it gets me every year and got me again last week.

 

[Goldenretriever]

Satisfy my soul by Paul Carrack, my wife chose this as the first piece of music at her funeral. She deliberately chose the three songs, from each one she was telling me things. I'm a big lyric fan and she could read me like a book.

 

[mistyoptic]

I remember, some time ago now, taking my children to the cinema to see “My Girl”. I was completely in bits at the end.

 

[PaulB]

There's a couple of songs that make me choke up if I try to sing them* but one thing guaranteed to bring tears to my eyes is an episode, any episode or 'Call the Midwife'.

* Danny Boy and YNWA.

 

[Drago]

The National Anthem.

 

[Hover Fly]

Lying in hossie one evening, after being told that any time I went to sleep could be the last, Bunny and the twins all being very brave for me, after they had gone I soaked the pillow.