And so, they send a good or ill report

Down to the heart, where all Affections dwell.

If the report be good; it causeth love!

And longing hope! and well assured joy!

If it be ill; then doth it hatred move!

And trembling fear! and vexing griefs annoy!

Yet were these natural affections good

(For they which want them, blocks or devils be!);

If Reason in her first perfection stood,

That she might Nature's Passions rectify.