Article: Marriage, celibacy, and ritual in Robert Herrick's 'Hesperides.'

Article: Robert Herrick and the makings of 'Hesperides.'
Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900;  January 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... demonstrate that Herrick's poetry, particularly Hesperides, does have a ... s book, Robert Herrick's "Hesperides" and the Epigram ... proposes "that Hesperides should be read in its entirety" because Herrick self-consciously ...

Encyclopedia entry: Hesperides
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature;      242 words ...Hesperides, see Herrick, R.

Article: Fair Hesperides was Valley's grand harvest celebration.
Wenatchee Business Journal;  October 1, 2001 ;     578 words ... ... October of 1913 and 1914, the "Fair Hesperides" was promoted by the Wenatchee Commercial ... attend a grand ball. The name "Fair Hesperides" comes from a story of ancient Greece ... were a group of lovely maidens called "Hesperides" whose task was to watch over the apples ...

Article: RV Hesperides upgraded through networking program
Sea Technology;  August 1, 2003 ;     477 words ... ... Spanish oceanographic research vessel Hesperides. The vessel, which has been in operation ... other governmental institutions. RV Hesperides was one of the first vessels to install ... challenge in this second episode with Hesperides is to achieve success by practicing ...

Article: Books: An ambiguous Eden The Hesperides Tree By Nicholas ...
The Independent - London;  February 4, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... certainly any one thing at all. The Hesperides Tree of the title was in Greek mythology ... Equally, to say that reading The Hesperides Tree is enjoyable would be an exaggeration ... peerless in its intellectual ambition, The Hesperides Tree is a novel that I suspect I will ...

Dictionary definition: Hesperides, the
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable;      287 words ...Hesperides, the a group of nymphs, the daughters of Hesperus (or, in earlier versions, of Night and Hades), who were guardians, with ...

Article: Scented waters.(BEAUTY & HEALTH)(L'Eau des ...
Town & Country;  September 1, 2008 ;     590 words ... ... fortieth year, the Parisian perfumery created three light colognes, each based on notes from the original formula. L'Eau des Hesperides combines herbs with peppery mint for a romantic green scent; L'Eau de Neroli sparkles with orange blossom, bergamot and ...