“Courage, ne'er by sorrow broken!
Aid where tears of virtue flow;
Faith to keep each promise spoken!
Truth alike to friend and foe!”

Stanza 8
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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