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)

Soft and gracious Hesper in Heaven! thou throwest the silver spangles of thy rays upon our earthly foliage and gently openest our hearts to charms which are as tender as thine!

From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul

Hesper had not been happy with the thing she had come nearest having—her mother.

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth

Souls that want greatly, like Hesper, are doomed to failure or disappointment.

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth