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TO A LADY WITH THE TEMPLE OF FAME by ALEXANDER POPE

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT'S FAME WITH MEN, BY CUSTOM OF THE NATION
Last Line: PART YOU WITH ONE, AND I'LL RENOUNCE THE OTHER.
Subject(s): FAME; REPUTATION;

What's Fame with Men, by Custom of the Nation,
Is call'd in Women only Reputation:
About them both why keep we such a pother?
Part you with one, and I'll renounce the other.



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