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Cadenus and Vanessa

poem by Jonathan Swift about his lover Esther Vanhomrigh, written in 1712 and published in 1726: Cadenus is anagram of decanus (‘dean’ in Latin), referring to Swift, dean of St Patrick's; ‘Vanessa’ is contracted from Vanhomrigh, Esther

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