"'Yes, if his soul to reason's rule resign'd, / 'And heaven's own views fair-opening on his mind,/  'Caught from bright nature's flame the living ray, / 'Through passion's cloud pour'd in resistless day; / 'And taught mankind in reas'ning Pride's despite, / 'That God is wise, and all that is right.'"
Musaeus: A Monody to the Memory of Mr. Pope. In Imitation of Milton's Lycidas. 
At least 13 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1747, 1748, 1764, 1771, 1773, 1774, 1777, 1779).<br> 
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See <u>Musæus: a Monody to the Memory of Mr. Pope, in Imitation of Milton’s Lycidas.</u> (London: Printed for R. Dodsley; and sold by M. Cooper in Pater-noster-Row, 1747). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T81510">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from <u>The Works of William Mason</u> 4 vols. (London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=vpZAAAAAIAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;