To behold the wandering Moon,
Riding near her highest noon,
Like one that has been led astray
Through the heav'n's wide pathless way.
-John Milton (1608-1674)
Here's a Shakespearean quote I love:
Now entertain conjecture of a time
When creeping murmur and the poring dark
Fills the wide vessel of the universe.
---Henry V, Prologue