To a Pair of Blucher Boots

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OLD acquaintance unforgotten,
  Though you may be “ugly brutes”—
Though your leather’s cracked and rotten,
  Worn-out pair of Blucher boots.

’Tis the richer man before you,
  Dearer leathers grace his feet;
’Twas the better man that wore you
  In the tramps through dust and heat!

Oft rebuffed by “super’s” snarling,
  When I asked him for a “show”,
On that long tramp to the Darling
  In the days of long ago;

Tell me, if you know it, whether,
  As I sadly tramped away,
Bore I heavy on your leather,
  Worn-out pair of Bluchers, say?

Though your leather’s cracked and rotten,
  Though you may be ugly brutes,
I’ll preserve you unforgotten,
  Worn-out pair of Blucher boots!

© Henry Lawson