“Lo, the dead shall rise to heaven!
Brethren hail the blest decree;
Every sin shall be forgiven,
Hell forever cease to be!”

— Friedrich Schiller , Ode to Joy

Stanza 9
An die Freude (Ode to Joy; or Hymn to Joy) (1785)

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German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright 1759–1805

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