Round 5: Tossup 19

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 by asking, “Who rides so late through night and wind,” and ends with a boy dying in his father’s arms due to the (10[1])Erl King. (-5[1])A poem in this language opens by praising a “beautiful spark of God” and a “daughter of Elysium.” (10[1])This language’s storm and stress movement (10[1])produced a poem (10[1])set to music in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, “Ode to Joy.” For 10 points, (10[1])name this language used by Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (10[1])■END■

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