god
Hesperus
also: Vesper, Night-bringer, Noctifer
The evening star (the planet Venus at dusk); the same star returns at dawn as the morning star, 'under a changed name.' Both bane and blessing of the wedding-day in poem 62.
Reading notes
- The Poems §62 Hesperus
The evening star, the planet Venus at dusk; the same star that returns at dawn as the morning star, 'under a changed name.' Bane to the bride's parents, blessing to the groom.