Freisinn

Laßt mich nur auf meinem Sattel gelten!
Bleibt in euren Hütten, euren Zelten!
Und ich reite froh in alle Ferne,
Über meiner Mütze nur die Sterne.

Er hat euch die Gestirne gesetzt
Als Leiter zu Land und See;
Damit ihr euch daran ergötzt,
Stets blickend in die Höh.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Freisinn", 1815, from West-östlicher Diwan, in Moganni Nameh -- Buch des Sängers

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Hans Guido, Freiherr von Bülow (1830-1894) , "Freisinn", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 (1852). [bass and piano]
by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894) , "Freisinn", op. 57 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 (1860).
by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) , "Freisinn", op. 25 no. 2 (1840), from Myrten, no. 2.

by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894) , "Zhazhda svobody", op. 57 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5.

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