Think of Today
Music: Jane Bingham Abbott (1851–1934) · Words: Herbert P. Thomas
In asking for tomorrow, What we think
tomorrow’s need, We forget today,
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The words
In asking for tomorrow, What we think
tomorrow’s need, We forget today,
its sweetness And the fulness of its meed;
If we’d sometimes pause and ponder On the
gifts we have today, We would then perhaps,
remember ’Twas tomorrow yesterday.
And as each day was tomorrow, To the day that
went before, And all these long tomorrows
We’ve been feasted from Love’s store;
Can we not, from past assurance,
Know that Love will meet all care,
And not each day be asking To receive
tomorrow’s share. Love will meet each day all
care,
About this song
- Music
- Jane Bingham Abbott (1851–1934) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Herbert P. Thomas
- Language
- English, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1909, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 1:47
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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