 Mendelssohn was invited to meet Goethe on several later occasions , and set a number of Goethe 's poems to music . His other compositions inspired by Goethe include the overture Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage , ( Op. 27 , 1828 ) and the cantata Die erste Walpurgisnacht ( The First Walpurgis Night , Op. 60 , 1832 ) . 
