Robert Gilfillan
British poet and songwriter (1798-1850)
Robert Gilfillan (July 7, 1798 – December 4, 1850) was a poet and songwriter, born at Dunfermline, Scotland.

And a balm for every pain,
But the first joys of our heart
Come never back again!
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- There's a hope for every woe,
And a balm for every pain,
But the first joys of our heart
Come never back again!- The Exile's Song, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).