The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 17/To a Lady, with the Temple of Fame

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 17
 (c. 1710–1730)
by Jonathan Swift, edited by Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner
To a Lady, with the Temple of Fame
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This work was probably written by Alexander Pope. See The Works of Alexander Pope (1995). Wordsworth Edition Ltd. p. 392.

1676957The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 17
— To a Lady, with the Temple of Famec. 1710-1730Jonathan Swift
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TO A LADY,

with the temple of fame.

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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