The Circling Hearths

The Circling Hearths
AuthorRoderic Quinn
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry collection
PublisherBulletin Books
Publication date
1901
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages31 pp.

The Circling Hearths is a collection of poetry by Roderic Quinn, published by Bulletin Books in 1901.[1]

The collection contains 16 poems, all previously published in The Bulletin, with the exception of "A Caress", which first appeared in the Australian Magazine.[2]

Contents

  • "The Circling Hearth-Fires"
  • "Love's Legacy"
  • "I Shall Remember"
  • "Derelict"
  • "Irony"
  • "A Caress"
  • "The Voice of Spring"
  • "At End of a Holiday"
  • "The Craft of Blue"
  • "In the Gardens"
  • "Love and Intuition"
  • "As the Tide Turns"
  • "Mid-Forest Fear"
  • "The Glory-Call"
  • "The Furnace-Room"
  • "The Currency Lass"

Critical reception

A reviewer in The Queenslander found this collection to be "a volume of transition; and its author is still feeling his way towards his ultimate dominant note." They also noted that the author still had the "requisites that go to the making of a master."[3]

Notes

Dedication: 'To the Commonwealth.'

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Circling Hearths by Roderic Quinn". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Austlit — The Circling Hearths by Roderic Quinn". Austlit. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  3. ^ ""The Circling Hearths"". The Queenslander, 23 February 1901, p858. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
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