James Shirley Quote

Devouring Famine, Plague, and War,
Each able to undo mankind,
Death's servile emissaries are;
Nor to these alone confined,
He hath at will
More quaint and subtle ways to kill;
A smile or kiss, as he will use the art,
Shall have the cunning skill to break a heart.

Poem The Last Conqueror.

68. Last Conqueror. J. Shirley. The Golden Treasury[bartleby.com]