With his gauntlet on his sword:
Agamemnon, Alexander,
Cæsar, Alaric, horde on horde.
Huns and Vandals: wild invaders:
Goths and Arabs: stern Crusaders:
Each, like some terrific torrent,
Rolled above a ruined world;
Till a cataract abhorrent
Seemed the swarming spears uphurled.