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

The imagination pictured it as lying under the far distant Hesper, or evening star, and hence it was called Hesperia: Graïo cognomine dicta.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)

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

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

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