Son of a Fool by C.J. Dennis — Read

Gyved and chained in his father's home, / He toiled 'neath a conqueror's rule; / Bowed to the earth in the land of his birth; / The Slave who was Son of a Fool.

Poor remnant he of a conquered race, / Long shorn of its power and pride, / No reverence shone in his sullen face / When they told how that race had died. / But the meed that he gave to his father's name / Was a down-drooped head and a flush of shame.