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Hesper

[hes-per] / ˈhɛs pər /
NOUN
evening star
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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

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 Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

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

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

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




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