Ahh! so you are searching the term “Worse Poison to Men’s Souls” and not only the lines do not lead to a story on the internet, they also provoke a curiosity as to what can be that poison. The answer to the riddle “Worse Poison to Men’s Souls” can be found with none else than Shakespeare and that is too in one of his best plays Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo considers wealth as worse than the poison itself, as it has taken more lives than any poison. Consider the following lines from Act V scene I
“There is thy gold, worse poison to men’s souls,
Doing more murders in this loathsome world,”
Romeo on learning that Juliet has departed this earthly world has been firm in his decision to follow her into the non earthly realms. As he goes to a druggists shop, he assures the druggist that he has not sold him the poison and it is Romeo who has sold him poison in shape of money!
And we all know how the greatest story of love ended. As Romeo sees Juliet lying, he mistakes this as Juliet’s dead body and drinks the poison, which is enough to kill a man who has the power of twenty men as the druggist has assured him.
As Juliet wakes, Romeo’s dead body is in front of her. She puts her lips on Romeos lips to drink the poison that has taken the life of her Romeo. When that is proved not enough to kill her, she takes Romeos dagger and puts it in her bosom.
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