Weißt Du wieviel Sternlein stehen?

A lyrical children's poem anthropomorphizes stars as playful children who wake and parade from cloudborne realms with little lanterns, guided by a steady polar light. Verses present tiny nocturnal scenes—a moonlike bear, cloud-ships with miniature sailors, a comet that startles the starry host—and the slow approach of dawn that calls the lights back. St. Peter and helpers tidy the lamps and the stars retire to sleep. The poem combines gentle personification, musical rhythm, and comforting nighttime imagery to evoke wonder and order in the night sky.