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GUFF.

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I MET an old and learned man,

And asked him "What is 'guff'?

I've looked the word-books through and through,

And only met rebuff."

"You simple youth, you artless boy,"

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He thus to me rejoined,

"I know not what this word can mean,

It must be newly coined."

I met a staid professor man,

And prayed him "What is guff?"

Quoth he, "I know not, though I've heard

It mentioned, sure enough."

I met a callow Harvard lad

And him my question told;

He smiled a quizzing, knowing smile,

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