IN Mauchline there dwells six proper young belles,
  The pride of the place and its neighbourhood a’;
Their carriage and dress, a stranger would guess,
  In Lon’on or Paris, they’d gotten it a’.
 

Miss Miller is fine, Miss Markland’s divine,
  Miss Smith she has wit, and Miss Betty is braw:
There’s beauty and fortune to get wi’ Miss Morton,
  But Armour’s the jewel for me o’ them a’.

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Poet: Robert Burns
Poem: 46. 46. The Belles of Mauchline
Volume: Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
Year: Published/Written in 1784
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