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The title phrase has also been used as a colloquial term in the UK & Ireland to mean a " dishevelled appearance ," spoken as " You look like the wreck of the Hesperus!

" and can also refer to a very untidy room.

Its everyday use was greater in the 1950s to 1970s ; but its use remains, occasionally.

Former Beatle George Harrison referenced this colloquial usage in writing his song " Wreck of the Hesperus ," included on his 1987 album Cloud Nine.

Likewise, in an episode of Bobby's World, Martha Generic uses the phrase to describe Bobby's messy room and he humorously mistakes her as having said " the wreck of asparagus.