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

He looked no further—a telegram was stuck up in front of the clock, and flaunted in his face: "Edmonstone, Iris Lodge, Teddington,—Ship Hesper signalled Start Point ten this morning.—Bone and Phillips."

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

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

But as Rosebud showed no sign of continuing the conversation he, too, rose in silence, and went over to Hesper and hitched her to the buckboard.

From The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies by Cullum, Ridgwell

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