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

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

In Hesper I was concerned with a war, in which most of the action had taken place among the clouds, on the hilltops nearly two miles above sea-level.

From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin

Barlow's "Hesper" even hints that a Columbus from New England may one day rediscover the Old World.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various

Hesper acts as showman, and explains the tableaux as they roll on.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various