<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342999" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Valley Of The Shadow Of Theft</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In fair Yosemite, that den of thieves<br>Wherein the minions of the moon divide<br>The travelers' purses, lo! the Devil grieves,<br>His larger share as leader still denied.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">El Capitan, foreseeing that _his_ reign<br>May be disputed too, beclouds his head.<br>The joyous Bridal Veil is torn in twain<br>And the crepe steamer dangles there instead.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Vernal Fall abates her pleasant speed<br>And hesitates to take the final plunge,<br>For rumors reach her that another greed<br>Awaits her in the Valley of the Sponge.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Brothers envy the accord of mind<br>And peace of purpose (by the good deplored<br>As honor among Commissioners) which bind<br>That confraternity of crime, the Board.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Half-Dome bows its riven face to weep,<br>But not, as formerly, because bereft:<br>Prophetic dreams afflict him when asleep<br>Of losing his remaining half by theft.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ambitious knaves! has not the upper sod<br>Enough of room for every crime that crawls<br>But you must loot the Palaces of God<br>And daub your filthy names upon the walls?</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=342999" data-title="The Valley Of The Shadow Of Theft de Ambrose Bierce" data-description="In fair Yosemite, that den of thieves Wherein the minions of the moon divide The travelers' purses, lo! the Devil grieves, His larger share as leader still denied. El Capitan, foreseeing that _his_ reign May be disputed too, beclouds his head. Th..."></div> </div> </div>

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