Blacksheep! Blacksheep!

by Meredith Nicholson

BY MEREDITH NICHOLSON BLACKSHEEP! BLACKSHEEP! LADY LARKSPUR THE MADNESS OF MAY THE VALLEY OF DEMOCRACY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

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Her "Very glad, I'm sure," was uttered with reservations

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Blacksheep! Blacksheep! BY MEREDITH NICHOLSON ILLUSTRATED BY LESLIE L. BENSON NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1920

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Maybe, in spite of their tameless days

Of outcast liberty,

They're sick at heart for the homely ways

Where their gathered brothers be.

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Meanwhile, "Blacksheep! Blacksheep!" we cry,

Safe in the inner fold;

And maybe they hear, and wonder why,

And marvel, out in the cold.

—Richard Burton.

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