Johann Wolfgang von Goethe left behind an extensive lyrical body of work that is unmatched in German literature. Numerous love and nature poems, as well as didactic verses, are attributed to him. From this diverse repertoire, the photographer Günter Pump has selected particularly atmospheric poems and staged them photographically: the Easter walk from Faust, the well-known folk songs Heidenröslein and Mailied, the ballads Erlkönig and Der Schatzgräber, the famous night song Ein Gleiches, which the poet once wrote on the wooden wall of a hunting lodge near Ilmenau, Meeres Stille, Das Göttliche, and many more. The book will delight lovers of poetry and nature photography alike. Furthermore, it makes a lovely gift.