Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Hesperus

The evening star.

Ere twice in murk and occidental damp,
Moist Hesperus hath quenched his sleepy lamp.

Shakespeare: All's Well that Ends Well ii. 1.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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