"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."
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Poem The Last Conqueror.
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James Shirley
James Shirley (or Sherley) (September 1596 – October 29, 1666) was an English poet and dramatist.
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