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

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

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth

Rosebud, seated in a buckboard, and driving the old farm mare, Hesper, appeared on the opposite side of the slough.

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

I had come to this point in my revery when Hesper softly returned and stood in the doorway behind me.

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth

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