Epic poem · 1786

Peru

A Poem in Six Cantos

by Helen Maria Williams

A poem in six cantos on the Spanish conquest of Peru, the fall of the Inca Ataliba and the sufferings of his queen Alzira, ending in an appeal against cruelty and the lust for gold.

Contents · 6 parts

• Canto the Firstabout 180 lines
• Canto the Secondabout 130 lines
• Canto the Thirdabout 190 lines
• Canto the Fourthabout 180 lines
• Canto the Fifthabout 340 lines
• Canto the Sixthabout 360 lines

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