See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled,
Mountains of casuistry heap’d o’er her head;
Philosophy that lean’d on Heav’n before
Shrinks to her Second Cause and is no more.
Physic of Metaphysic begs defence,
And Metaphysic calls for aid on Sense.
See Mystery to Mathematics fly;
In vain! they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die.
POPE--“The Dunciad” (641-648).