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Robert Gilfillan was a Scottish poet and songwriter.

✵ 7. July 1798 – 4. December 1850
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Robert Gilfillan Quotes

“There's a hope for every woe,
And a balm for every pain,
But the first joys of our heart
Come never back again!”

Robert Gilfillan

The Exile's Song, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Pain , Hope , Heart , Joy

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