"Hill Fragments" manuscript, title page and table of contents

"Hill Fragments" manuscript, title page and table of contents

Poetry

American poetry--20th century

Women poets, American

Handwritten manuscript of "Hill Fragments" by Madeline Mason-Manheim. Handwritten in ink on paper, annotated in pencil. Dedication page contains an unidentified watermark. Some poems in the manuscript are handwritten; most are typed. The provided images are of the manuscript's title page and table of contents—the rest of the manuscript is available for viewing at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin.

Content warning: The table of contents includes the name of a poem with outdated and offensive language contained in its title. In order to prevent erasure of marginalized communities, their histories, and the attitudes they faced in the past, the table of contents has been transcribed as it appears. However, this language is not used or acceptable today and is not condoned by anyone affiliated with this digital archive.

Transcription:
[page 1]
Hill Fragments.
By
Madeline Mason-Manheim

With five drawings by
Kahlil Gibran

[page 2]
CONTENTS
[column 1]
Frontispiece
Invocation
Creation
Aspiration
Parting
Sleep
Prayer
Moods
Music
*Silence
Narcissus
Pastorale
The Ocean
Above the Valley
The Mountain
The Desert
Night and the Mountain
The River
The Forest
Christmas
*Compensation
Plaint

[column 2]
Love Hidden
Elegy
The Pool
Disillusion
Silences
I Walk Alone
Shadows
Letters
To a Poet
To My Mother
To My Mother on Her Birthday
*Loneliness
Dead Stars
Moon Thought
Swallows at Dawn
The Cripple
The Mummy
Speech
The Uttermost
*Life Answers

DRAWINGS
as [illegible]

Madeline Mason-Manheim

Box 2.325/W3, Madeline Mason papers, 1867-1992, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

1925

Via, Madeleine

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United States, 20th Century | Great Britain, 20th Century | 1920s

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