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
A Phosphor ’mongst the living late wert thou, But shin’st, among the dead, a Hesper now.
From Thomas Stanley: His Original Lyrics, Complete, In Their Collated Readings of 1647, 1651, 1657. With an Introduction, Textual Notes, A List of Editions, An Appendis of Translation, and a Portrait. by Stanley, Thomas
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 Cullum, Ridgwell
Hesper had not been happy with the thing she had come nearest having—her mother.
From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth
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 Garland, Hamlin
