What is the significance of Goethe’s poem Wanderer’s Night Song?

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s two poems titled Wandrers Nachtlieder (“Wanderer’s Night Songs”) are significant for their expression of the poet's profound longing for calm after periods of "storm and stress".1

The second of these poems, “Über allen Gipfeln” (“Over All the Peaks”), written in 1780, is considered one of his most famous works. Within the context of his life in Weimar, Goethe associated this sense of tranquility with Charlotte von Stein, whom he viewed as the embodiment of his ideal of a noble, self-disciplined life. By capturing this desire for peace, the poems reflect a pivotal emotional and thematic shift in Goethe’s literary development during his time as a courtier and official.1