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
The epic opens with Columbus in prison; to him enters Hesper, an angel.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various
Hesper and Phosphor are simply the one planet Venus, which according to its position with the sun, becomes the morning or evening star.
From A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' by Gatty, Alfred, Mrs.
I had come to this point in my revery when Hesper softly returned and stood in the doorway behind me.
From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth
Clotilda, the Hesper of those two fair evenings, was like the Hesperus in the sky, not to be seen over St. Luna.
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul
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