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,