Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Goblet of Life, Stanza 8.
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The prayer of Ajax was for light; Through all that dark and desperate fight, The blackness of that noonday night.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on Light
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Source: Wikiquote: "Light" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 455-57.)
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About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (27 February 1807 – 24 March 1882) was an American poet and one of the five members of the group known as the Fireside Poets.
About Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (27 February 1807 – 24 March 1882) was an American poet and one of the five members of the group known as the Fireside Poets.
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