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��Thomas O Hagan

Thomas O Hagan, M.A., Litt.D., LL.D., was born in the Gore of Toronto, March 6th, 1855, the youngest son of John and Bridget (O Reilly) O Hagan, natives of County Kerry, Ireland. He was brought up in the township of Elderslie, near the Village of Paisley, Bruce county, Ontario. His higher education was received at St. Michael s College, Toronto, and at Ottawa Uni versity where he graduated B.A., in 1882. His honourary degrees were conferred by Laval University, Quebec, and Notre Dame University, Indiana. Author of A Gate of Flowers In Dream land and Other Poems Songs of the Settlement In the Heart of the Meadow Songs of Heroic Days and of several books of essays.

THE BUGLE CALL

O you hear the call of our Mother, From over the sea, from over the sea? The call to her children, in every land : To her sons on Afric s far-stretched veldt ; To her dark-skinned children on India s shore, Whose souls are nourished on Aryan lore; To her sons of the Northland where frosty stars Glitter and shine like a helmet of Mars ; Do you hear the call of our Mother?

Do you hear the call of our Mother From over the sea, from over the sea? The call to Australia s legions strong That move with the might and stealth of a wave; To the men of the camp and men of the field, Whose courage has taught them never to yield ; To the men whose counsel has saved the State, And thwarted the plans of impending fate; Do you hear the call of our Mother?

Do you hear the call of our Mother From over the sea, from over the sea? To the little cot on the wind-swept hill;

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