Loud the clashing sabres rang,
When between the gladiators
All unarmed a hermit sprang.
“Cease your bloodshed,� cried the hermit,
“On this carnage place your ban;�
But with flashing swords they answered,
“Back unto your place, old man.�
From their path the gladiators
Thrust the strange intruder back,
Who between their hosts advancing