Of the feigned Friend. Songs and Epigrams. Sir Thomas Wyatt. 1880. The Poetical Works

Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880.

Songs and Epigrams

Of the feigned Friend


RIGHT true it is, and said full yore ago;
‘Take heed of him that by the back thee claweth:’
For none is worse than is a friendly foe.
Though thee seem good all thing that thee delighteth,
Yet know it well, that in thy bosom creepeth:	5
For many a man such fire ofttimes he kindleth,
That with the blaze his beard himself he singeth.