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"Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more into the breach."

I have no clue the short story i am reading has referenced everything from Heavy metal songs to Musicals so any help will be appreciated.

Edit:

The following is the whole scene:
Robbie was waiting for me outside. Larry tossed me a salute and started
jogging.

"You ready for this?" she asked.

"Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more into the breach."

"My, you're getting literary."

"Ain't I?"

"But this isn't the Charge of the Light Brigade, and you don't have
cannons to the left of you and cannons to the right. Just a coach in
front."

I figured literary had worked so far. If I couldn't be a jock, I'd be a
geek. "T'will do, t'will suffice."

"Mercutio now. You do have pretensions."

All I can get is that the last quote is from Romeo & Juliette...

You guys are right...references to two Shakespeare plays and a poem commemorating "Into the valley of death rode the 600. Cannons wherever."

For those of you who like being bombarded with literary references--so many that you are just happy if you recognize any!--try an author named Jasper Fforde. His first book is named The Eyre Affair and it is set half in an alternative contemporary world and half inside books. If there isn't a thread about Mr. Fforde, I may have to start one.