Non nobis, Domine (Roger Quilter)

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•  Posted on 2026-03-22(Posted 2026-03-22)  CPDL #88743:      

Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2026-03-22).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 212 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: From Boosey's Modern Festival Series No. 461.

General Information

Title: Non nobis, Domine
Composer: Roger Quilter
Lyricist: Rudyard Kipling
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: Piano or Orchestra

First published: 1934
Description: Composed for the Pageant of Parliament at the Royal Albert Hall

External websites:

• https://embassysingers.de/scores/sacred.html

Original text and translations

English text

Non nobis Domine!—
Not unto us, O Lord!
The Praise or Glory be
Of any deed or word;
For in Thy Judgment lies
To crown or bring to nought
All knowledge or device
That Man has reached or wrought.

And we confess our blame—
How all too high we hold
That noise which men call Fame,
That dross which men call Gold.
For these we undergo
Our hot and godless days,
But in our hearts we know
Not unto us the Praise.

O Power by Whom we live—
Creator, Judge, and Friend,
Upholdingly forgive
Nor fail us at the end:
But grant us well to see
In all our piteous ways—
Non nobis Domine!—
Not unto us the Praise!