Wherever deep distress appears;

Thither curious gazers go,

To' insult the wretched with their tears.

E'en where hostile armies join

In the horrid frightful fray,

Where groaning mortals life resign,

I've heard their fellow-mortal say—

'Oh! for a safe and lofty stand,

Where I the Battle's rage might see;

When Carnage, with relentless hand,