← Alphonse de LamartineMeditations Poetiquesby Alphonse de LamartineLyric poetry expressing religious feeling and intimate spiritual contemplationFind on Amazon↗About the authorAlphonse de LamartineFrench Romantic poet whose Meditations Poetiques made him the first major French Romantic poet and launched a vogue for lyrical, elegiac verse. The Lake (Le Lac) is his most celebrated poem.More by Alphonse de LamartineHarmonies Poetiques et ReligieusesPoetry celebrating divine harmony, nature, and religious mysticism→JocelynEpic poem narrating a young priest's spiritual and romantic journey→La Chute d'un AngeEpic narrative exploring human fall and celestial restoration→