Narrative poem · 1825

A Tale of Paraguay

Dedication, Proem and four cantos (1825)

by Robert Southey

Southey's Spenserian tale of the Guarani Indian pair Quiara and Monnema, left alone by a plague of smallpox, and of their son Yeruti and daughter Mooma, whom the Jesuit missionary Dobrizhoffer receives into the mission of St Joachin; written in 1824-25 and dedicated to his daughter Edith May.

Contents · 6 parts

• Dedication: To Edith May Southeyabout 110 lines
• Proem71 lines
• Canto Iabout 410 lines
• Canto IIabout 520 lines
• Canto IIIabout 460 lines
• Canto IVabout 620 lines

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