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 acts as showman, and explains the tableaux as they roll on.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various
From those high towers this noble lord issúing Like radiant Hesper, when his golden hair In th' ocean billows he hath bathéd fair, Descended to the river's open viewing With a great train ensuing.
From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes 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 J. J. Howard
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 Heinrich Heine
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