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"Joy, thou beauteous godly lightning, Daughter of Elysium, Fi..." — Friedrich Schiller

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Joy, thou beauteous godly lightning,

Daughter of Elysium,

Fire drunken we are ent’ring

Heavenly, thy holy home!

Thy enchantments bind together,

What did custom stern divide,

Every man becomes a brother,

Where thy gentle wings abide.

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