Born: September 28, 1824, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. Died: October 24, 1897.

Palgrave was educated at the Charterhouse (1838-1843) and at Oxford, where he graduated in first class Classical Honors. He was a scholar of Balliol (1842) and Fellow of Exeter (1846). He worked in the Education Department of the Privy Council until 1884, being also Private Secretary to Lord Granville (then Lord President). In 1885, he was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford. His works include:

• Idylls and Songs, 1854
• Golden Treasury of English Lyrics (editor), 1861
• Art Catalogue of the Great Exhibition, 1862
• Essays on Art, 1866
• Sir Walter Scott’s Poems, with Life (editor), 1867
• Hymns (1st edition, 1867; 2nd edition, 1870)
• Lyrical Poems, 1871
• Chrysomela, a selection from Herrick, 1877

Hymns:

1. Christ, Who Art above the Sky
2. High in Heaven the Sun
3. Hope of Those Who Have None Other
4. Lord God of Morning and of Night
5. Lord, How Fast the Minutes Fly
6. O God, Who When the Night Was Deep
7. O God, Who When Thy Cross Was Nigh
8. O Light of Life
9. O Thou Not Made with Hands
10. Once Man with Man
11. Thou Sayest, ‘Take Up Thy Cross’
12. Thou That Once, on Mother’s Knee
13. Though We Long, in Sin Wrought Blindness
14. Thrice Holy Name That Sweeter Sounds
15. We Name Thy Name, O Lord