This volume brings together all the poems published during Morgenstern's lifetime, as well as the complete legacy of his gallows poetry. In addition to the humorous lyrics, such as the gallows songs (1905), Palmström (1910), and the children's poems, this edition also includes the "serious" Morgenstern, from In Phantas Schloss (1895) to Wir fanden einen Pfad (1914). It thus goes far beyond the previously available selection volumes and offers a comprehensive picture of his poetry for a wider audience for the first time. "A weasel sat on a pebble in the midst of a brook's babble. Do you know why? The moon calf revealed it to me in secret: The cunning creature did it for the sake of rhyme.".