Inscribed by poet's widow

Hore-Ruthven wrote several war poems which were published in Australian and English newspapers. A collection of his poems was published in Australia in 1943 under the title The Happy Warrior, with a preface written by his mother Lady Gowrie, and republished in London in 1944 under the title Desert Warrior: Poems. His collected letters were published in London in 1950 under the title Joy of youth. A memorial fountain was constructed at Government House in Canberra.