"The Sun Rising," John Donne, 1633

• "...Thou sun art half as happy as we,In that the world's contracted thus: Thine age asks ease, and since thy duties be To warm the world, that's done in warming us. Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere; This bed thy center is, these walls, they sphere."

"Sonnet 18" William Shakespeare

• "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate..."

"Don't God Far..." Pablo Neruda

• "Don't go far off, not even for a day, because -- because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is long and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station when the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep. Don't leave me, even for an hour, because then the little drops of anguish will all run together, the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift into me, choking my lost heart."