evenstar

alternative evestar

1. poeticrareVenus as the evening star; the time of its appearance.

   Near-synonyms: Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer, morning star, Venus

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   She came alone one evenstar, / And all my room Alhambra was.

   c. 1903 [1852], Théophile Gautier, “The Castle of Remembrance”, in S. C. de Sumichrast, transl., The Complete Works of Théophile Gautier, volume 12, page 155

   Clouds that wrap the vales below / At the hour of evenstar / Lowliest attendants are […]

   1907, James Joyce, Chamber Music, poem XXV

   Evenstar, still evenstar / If this twilight thou dost shine / On a more unhappy head […]

   1939, Robert Nichols, “Evenstar”, in The Argosy, volume 25, page 36

   Synonyms: Hesperus, Vesper, Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer, morning star, Venus