* "The Tyger" by William Blake explores the contrast between the beauty and power of the tiger and the destructive nature of time.
* "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth reflects on the fleeting nature of moments of joy and beauty and how they are lost to the passage of time.
* "To Time" by Henry Longfellow expresses a sense of regret and longing for the past, as well as a recognition of the inevitability of time's passage.
* "On the shortness of human life" by George Santayana reflects on the briefness of human life in comparison to the vastness of time and the universe.