What does Ode to Joy praise?

Ode to Joy, also known as Ode an die Freude in German, is a poem written by German poet Schiller in 1785. Beethoven composed music for it. Schiller's A Dead Man was first written in 1785, and was included in Talia magazine published the following year. This poem is written by the Economic Association. Schiller revised A Dead Froude in 1803, and deleted some words. The lyrics used by Beethoven in the fourth movement of the Ninth Symphony are adapted from Schiller's 1803 version of An die Freude. Ode to Joy expresses the praise of joy and freedom, and the author hopes that the flowers of happiness can bloom all over the world.