Versesoccasion'dbytheSicknessofMrs.AnneDonnellan"Mrs. Donnellan was one of Swift's correspondents. Known as 'Philomela' she was the sister of Mary
Pendarves (later Mrs. Delany)."
(Tucker [1992], 223)
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