possibly by Samuel Wilberforce (1805 - 1873) and possibly by Ernest Roland Wilberforce (1840 - 1907)
Just for to‑day
Language: English
Lord, for to-morrow and its needs I do not pray; Keep me, my God, from stain of sin Just for to-day. Help me to labor earnestly, And duly pray; Let me be kind in word and deed, Father, to-day. Let me no wrong or idle word Unthinking say; Set thou a seal upon my lips Through all to-day. Let me in season, Lord, be grave, In season gay; Let me be faithful to thy grace, Dear Lord, to-day. And if, to-day, this life of mine Should ebb away, Give me thy sacrament divine, Father, to-day. So for to-morrow and its needs I do not pray; Still keep me, guide me, love me, Lord, Through each to-day.
Confirmed with Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul, Compiled and Edited by James Mudge, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago : The Abingdon Press, 1909. Attributed in this edition to Ernest R. Wilberforce.
Note: a variant of the text appears in A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895, ed. by Edmund Clarence Stedman, 1895 that attributes the text to Samuel Wilberforce.
Authorship:
- possibly by Samuel Wilberforce (1805 - 1873), "Just for to-day" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- possibly by Ernest Roland Wilberforce (1840 - 1907), "Just for to-day" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Jane Bingham Abbott.
- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Paul Ambrose.
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-12-07
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Word count: 116