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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!