 | Collected poems of Herman Melville |  |
SMOKING SONG
Care is all stuff:—Puff! Puff!
To puff is enough:—
Puff! Puff!
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And warm is a puff:—
Puff! Puff!
Here we sit mid our puffs,
Like old lords in their ruffs,
Snug as bears in their muffs:—
Puff! Puff!
Then puff, puff, puff,
For care is all stuff,
Puffed off in a puff.—
Puff! Puff!
| Collected poems of Herman Melville | |