https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode_to_Joy
Original title: An die Freude: Written: 1785: Country: Germany: Language: German: Form: Ode: Publisher: Thalia: Publication date: 1786, 1808 "Ode to Joy" (German: "An die Freude" [an diː ˈfʁɔʏdə], literally "To [the] Joy") is an ode written in the summer of 1785 by German poet, playwright, and historian Friedrich Schiller and published the following year in Thalia.