John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6493 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807-1882 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6493 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| QUOTATION: | The prayer of Ajax was for light. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Goblet of Life. |
| Note 1. The light of Heaven restore; Give me to see, and Ajax asks no more. Pope: The Iliad, book xvii. line 730. [back] |