PIPE SONG

By Herman Melville

Care is all stuff:—

Puff! Puff!

To puff is enough:—

Puff! Puff

More musky than snuff,

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!