January 6, 1821.

February 22, 1903.

Clarke was ed­u­cat­ed at Queen’s Coll­ege and St. Ma­ry Hall, Ox­ford, Eng­land (BA 1844, MA 1846). On tak­ing Ho­ly Or­ders, he be­came suc­cess­ive­ly Cur­ate of Thor­ver­ton, and of Daw­lish, De­von­shire; Vi­car of St. Thom­as-by-Laun­ces­ton, and Head Mas­ter of the Laun­ces­ton Gram­mar School, and Vi­car of Thor­ver­ton (1875); and Hon. Sec­re­ta­ry of the Ex­e­ter Board of Ed­u­ca­tion. His works in­clude:

• Thoughts in Verse from a Vill­age Church­man’s Note Book, 1848
• Services of Song for Christ­mas, Pas­sion­tide, Ascen­sion, Har­vest, etc.

• Julian, pp. 235-6

1. All Hail, All Hail to the Na­tal Day
2. Blessed and Ho­ly Three
3. Forth to the Wav­ing Seas
4. Framer of the Light
5. Great Giv­er of All Good, to Thee Again
6. In All Thou Didst While Here on Earth
7. In Hum­ble Ado­ra­tion
8. Jesus, on This Blessed Morn
9. Lord, Most Ho­ly, God Most Mighty
10. Lord of All Cre­a­tion, Now Be­fore
11. Lord of the New Cre­a­tion
12. Now a New Year Opens
13. O Dark and Dreary Day
14. O Lord, It Is a Joy­ful Thing
15. O Thou Who Dwell­est in Eter­ni­ty
16. Once More the Sheaves Are Ga­thered
17. Through Dan­gers of the Night