Title page: 'The Temple of Fame, a Vision', by Alexander Pope (1688-1744), printed in London, 1715. Pope presented this copy to
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Title page: 'The Temple of Fame, a Vision', by Alexander Pope (1688-1744), printed in London, 1715. Pope presented this copy to his lover, Martha Blount, autographed. The handwritten poem reads: 'What's Fame in Men, by Custom of the Nation, / Is call'd in Women only Reputation; / About the both why make we such a pother? / If you'l but give up one, I'll give up tother'.