"Thy sweet magic brings together What stern Custom spreads afar; All men become brothers Where thy happy wing-beats are."
— Brotherhood

January 1, 1970

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Friedrich Schiller, An die Freude (Ode to Joy; or Hymn to Joy) (1785), Stanza 1; this poem is most famous as providing the inspiration for Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and the lyrics to the choral portion of that work.