<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342857" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Mr. Sheets</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Devil stood before the gate<br>Of Heaven. He had a single mate:<br>Behind him, in his shadow, slunk<br>Clay Sheets in a perspiring funk.<br>'Saint Peter, see this season ticket,'<br>Said Satan; 'pray undo the wicket.'<br>The sleepy Saint threw slight regard<br>Upon the proffered bit of card,<br>Signed by some clerical dead-beats:<br>'Admit the bearer and Clay Sheets.'<br>Peter expanded all his eyes:<br>''Clay Sheets?'-well, I'll be damned!' he cries.<br>'Our couches are of golden cloud;<br>Nothing of earth is here allowed.<br>I'll let you in,' he added, shedding<br>On Nick a smile-'but not your bedding.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ambrose+Bierce">Ambrose Bierce</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342857" data-title="Mr. Sheets de Ambrose Bierce" data-description="The Devil stood before the gate Of Heaven. He had a single mate: Behind him, in his shadow, slunk Clay Sheets in a perspiring funk. 'Saint Peter, see this season ticket,' Said Satan; 'pray undo the wicket.' The sleepy Saint threw slight regard Upo..."></div> </div> </div>

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