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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

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

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

Thereafter he took his passage by the clipper Hesper, then loading at Williamstown, and prepared for a period of reflection, anticipation, and well-earned rest.

From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

Over all the quiet sea-shore Shadowing falls the hour of Hesper; Through the clouds the moon is breaking, And I hear the billows whisper.

From Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich




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