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Hesper

[hes-per] / ˈhɛs pər /
NOUN
evening star
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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

Thereafter he took his passage by the clipper Hesper, then loading at Williamstown, and prepared for a period of reflection, anticipation, and well-earned rest.

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

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

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Elizabeth Ashe

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

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 Ridgwell Cullum


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