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

“Aurora rising, with her locks of gold; “Nor Hesper sinking, saw her labors cease.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

By the first of March Hesper was ready for the printer and I turned it over to Duneka.

From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin

Clotilda, the Hesper of those two fair evenings, was like the Hesperus in the sky, not to be seen over St. Luna.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul