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One moment may with bliss repay Unnumbered hours of pain.

Thomas Campbell

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Thomas Campbell
Age: 66 †
Born: 1777
Born: July 27
Died: 1844
Died: June 15
Journalist
Musicologist
Poet
Writer
Glasgow
Scotland
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Pain
Moments
May
Unnumbered
Repay
Bliss
Hours
Happiness

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