Epigram 31. To my most honoured Cousin the Lady Mary Fitzherbert of Tissington

Madam, the Peak is famous far and near
For a great many wonders that are there;
Pooles-Hole, the Devils Elden-hole, the well
That ebbes and flowes, make Darbyshire excel
The sandy hill that ever falls away
And yet (in bulk) doth suffer no decay:
And Burtons Baith (though in a village town)
Abroad our County give a fair renown.
These and the like do far and near invite
Strangers, and natives to delight their sight.
But these are Grotts, Waters, and Hills, and such
As we have one that doth exceed them much:
Your beauties, and your many vertues speak
You the chief Wonder that doth grace the Peak.