Henry Shapcott Bunce (1854 – 1917)

Henry Shapcott Bunce (1854 – 1917)  wrote under the pseudonym Shapcott Wensley and was English author and poet, born in Bristol. By profession he was a clerk in a soap works. As a poet he adopted the combined names of his mother and his wife as his pseudonym, Shapcott Wensley.

He wrote lyrics for songs and librettos for cantatas and among the composers he worked for were Edward William Elgar (1857 – 1934) and John Henry Maunder (1858 – 1920). Many of his texts were written on commission by the publishing house Novello.

Hymns Written By Henry Shapcott Bunce (1854 – 1917) 

• Thy Will Be Done, The Saviour Said (Organ, 4 Verses)
  Thy Will Be Done, The Saviour Said : Lyrics (Thy Will Be Done, The Savior Said) Thy will be done, the Saviour said, and bowed to earth his sacred head, the sands of life had nearly run, my Father, let thy will be done, thy will, not mine, be done. No watch his spent disciples kept, amid the shadows deep they slept; but silent ...