Hesper
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So golden-crownèd shines she gloriously, And with that softest dream of blood she glows: Mild as an evening heaven round Hesper bright!
From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2012
I returned to the manuscript of Hesper and succeeded in writing at least a thousand words each day; on fortunate mornings I was able to turn off a full chapter.
From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland
Rosebud, seated in a buckboard, and driving the old farm mare, Hesper, appeared on the opposite side of the slough.
From The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies by Ridgwell Cullum
Dick believed that he had seen this identical paragraph in the "Argus" of February 13th, the day on which the Hesper sailed from Hobson's Bay.
From At Large by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
Even at home, "Hesper" and "The Mount of Vision" soon faded out of sight.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various
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