And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise,Peter; kill, and eat.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Acts of the  Apostles10:11^13.

The whore and gambler, by the state Licensed build that nation's fate. The harlot's cry from street to street Shall weave old England's winding sheet.

-Blake,William
c.1803  Auguries of Innocence, l.113^6

A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast

-Cunningham, Allan
  'A  Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea', stanza1.

I see you belong to the category, old friend, which will havethingsintheround, whichdoesloveanend, causes, the balance sheet drawn and equalled.But, mydear Gid, the world is not like thatöit is untidy, there are no reasons, the final sum never balances.

-Mo,Timothy
  An Insular Possession, ch.44.