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A poem written in this language declares that “this kiss is for all the world!” In a poem from this language, a father dismisses a creature as “a streak of mist,” as the creature claims his “daughters lead the nightly dance.” A poem in this language opens (10[1])by asking, “Who rides so late through night (10[1])and wind,” and ends with a boy dying in his father’s (10[1])arms due to the Erl King. A poem in this (10[1])language (10[1])opens by praising a “beautiful spark of God” and a “daughter of Elysium.” This language’s storm and stress movement produced a poem set to music in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, “Ode to Joy.” For 10 points, name this language used by Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ■END■

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