No venomous cobra’s stab e’er stung,
Like nectared lies on a false friend’s tongue.
Better by far the deadliest foe
Who does not fail to let you know
He is your foe, nor does it smart
As badly, when he rends your heart.
(Raymond Garfield Dandridge)
More Poetry from Raymond Garfield Dandridge:
- A Recalled Prayer (Raymond Garfield Dandridge Poems)
- Weddah (Raymond Garfield Dandridge Poems)
- In Ole Kintucky (Raymond Garfield Dandridge Poems)
- Mah Depen' Able Fren' (Raymond Garfield Dandridge Poems)
- Brother Mine (Raymond Garfield Dandridge Poems)
- De Drum Majah (Raymond Garfield Dandridge Poems)