"Bid Fancy quit her fairy cell, / In all her colours drest / While prompt her sallies to control, / Reason, the judge, recalls the soul /  To Truth's severest test."
Hymn to Science
At least 8 instances and entries in ECCO and ESTC (1761, 1762, 1765, 1775, 1780, 1781, 1790, 1791, 1795, 1800).<br>
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See "Hymn to Science" in <u>The Gentleman's Magazine</u> (October 1739), IX, p. 544&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=kUxGAAAAcAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from <u>The Poems Of Mark Akenside</u> (London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1772). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T87425">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;