Besides his verse, Burton has written several books of essays, a life of Whittier and various volumes on the drama.
BLACK SHEEP
From their folded mates they wander far,
Their ways seem harsh and wild;
They follow the beck of a baleful star,
Their paths are dream-beguiled.
Yet haply they sought but a wider range,
Some loftier mountain-slope,
And little recked of the country strange
Beyond the gates of hope.