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

Contents

• Contents
• Critical reception
• See also
• Notes
• References

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]

See also

• 1901 in Australian literature

Notes

Dedication: 'To the Commonwealth.'

References