. The literature of all nations and all ages; history, character, and incident . should never bemade known. Meanwhile hewrote his best verses, in theguise of faithful lover, to MissVanhomrigh, entitled Cade-nus and Vanessa, Cadenus being an anagram of the LatinDecanus, Dean. Not until 1723 did she nerve herself towrite, asking Stella if the alleged marriage was a fact. Stellaacknowledged the fact. Then followed a visit from the enragedDean, who without a word flung her letter to Stella on thetable and then walked out. Vanessa, broken-hearted, diedwithin a few weeks, leaving their correspondenc
. The literature of all nations and all ages; history, character, and incident . should never bemade known. Meanwhile hewrote his best verses, in theguise of faithful lover, to MissVanhomrigh, entitled Cade-nus and Vanessa, Cadenus being an anagram of the LatinDecanus, Dean. Not until 1723 did she nerve herself towrite, asking Stella if the alleged marriage was a fact. Stellaacknowledged the fact. Then followed a visit from the enragedDean, who without a word flung her letter to Stella on thetable and then walked out. Vanessa, broken-hearted, diedwithin a few weeks, leaving their correspondence for publica-tion. Five years later died Stella, heart-starved by treatmentwhich to her was refined cruelty, but which is susceptible ofmore charitable explanation if matters which are conjecturesrather than evidence could be proved true. Swift had turned Tory in spite against his party, whichhad neglected their best champion. He accepted the Deanerywith the sense of wounded dignity, won at the price of life-long expatriation. He was frequently in England, most activeVI—25. 386 LITERATURE OF AI,I, NATIONS. of politicians, and busy at political pamphleteering, mixinghumor, sarcasm and invective with masterly and fettered as he was, Swift settled down to his cleri-cal duties, soured at heart and eager to strike his sham friendswith whatever might hurt them most. He found a weaponto hand in the misrule of the Irish people, and when he wrotein 1720 his anonymous Proposal for the Universal Use ofIrish Manufactures, urging the Irish never to buy Englishgoods, the Government prosecuted the pamphlet for sedition,though its authorship was an open secret. When, in 1724, theGovernment made a contract with one Wood, to make coppercoins for use in Ireland, on terms which yielded an unfairprofit, half of which was to go to the kings mistress. Swiftpenned the Drapier Letters, which at once made him thehero of the Irish people, who showered popular honors on thecha
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