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
This farm, which was situated two miles west of the village of Hesper, immediately won our love.
From A Son of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin
Hesper acts as showman, and explains the tableaux as they roll on.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various
So shall the nightingale rejoice thy woods, And Hesper early light his dewy star; And oft at eventide Beneath the rising moon.
From A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers by Various
Hesper, hes′pėr, Hesperus, hes′pėr-us, n. the Greek name for Venus as the evening-star.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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