The Lake

Lamartine's celebrated lyric poem, cited by Lacordaire among the greatest works of human poetic genius, surpassed by the psalms and prophecies.

Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship

• ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES. — Lacordaire lists "Lamartine's The Lake with its waters, its shores, and his beloved" among the pinnacles of human poetry

  "Lamartine's The Lake with its waters, its shores, and his beloved"