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

From those high towers this noble lord issúing Like radiant Hesper, when his golden hair In th' ocean billows he hath bathéd fair, Descended to the river's open viewing With a great train ensuing.

From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes 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

But as the Hesper drew towards the Channel he thought less and less of the life he had left behind, and more and more of the life before him.

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

In Hesper Sherwood, humanity for once looked like a child of God.

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth