"Hesperus" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... known to us, have but seven stripes upon each wing-case; whereas those of the Old World have eight: the larger kinds, Hamadrias, Bucephalus, and Isidis,[4] alone agree with the South American in the number of stripes. Of the Americans, the C. Hesperus Oliv. is the only one with a border to the seventh stripe, and the C. Actaeon Klug of Mexico is the only one that has ...
— A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 • Otto von Kotzebue
... billet door opened and Sailor Bill appeared. He looked like the wreck of the HESPERUS, uniform torn, covered with dirt and flour, and a beautiful black eye, but he was smiling, and in his hand he carried the precious ...
— Defenders of Democracy • Militia of Mercy
... morning star among the living, Ere thy fair light had fled: Now, having died, thou art as Hesperus, giving New ...
— Ralph Waldo Emerson • Oliver Wendell Holmes
... rose in rivalry, each claiming them, Laertes' seed and godlike Telamon's son, Aias, the mightiest far of Danaan men: He seemed the star that in the glittering sky Outshines the host of heaven, Hesperus, So splendid by Peleides' arms he stood; "And let these judge," he cried, "Idomeneus, Nestor, and kingly-counselled Agamemnon," For these, he weened, would sureliest know the truth Of deeds wrought in that glorious battle-toil. "To these I also trust most ...
— The Fall of Troy • Smyrnaeus Quintus |
