Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880.
Songs and EpigramsOf the feigned Friend
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‘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:
For many a man such fire ofttimes he kindleth,
That with the blaze his beard himself he singeth.