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

Sources

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. Star of Morn and Even
12. Thou Say’st, “Take Up Thy Cross”
13. Thou That Once, on Mother’s Knee
14. Though We Long, in Sin Wrought Blindness
15. Thrice-Ho­ly Name
16. We Name Thy Name, O Lord