1821–1903

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, Corn­wall; head mas­ter of the Launc­eston Gram­mar School, and vicar of Thor­ver­ton (1875); and Hon. Sec­re­ta­ry of the Ex­e­ter, De­von, 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.
• Constructive Ex­er­cise Book for La­tin Verbs, 1869
• A Ser­vice for Child­ren, Adapt­ed to the Course of the Church Year, 1870
• Memorial Trib­utes In­scribed from Time to Time to Mem­bers of the Roy­al Fa­mi­ly of Eng­land, 1894
• Festival and Oth­er Hymns for Church Tides (Skef­fing­ton, 1896)

• Hayden & New­ton
• Julian, pp. 235–36, 1621–22

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. God Is Gone Up
6. Great Giv­er of All Good, to Thee Again
7. In All Thou Didst While Here on Earth
8. In Hum­ble Ad­o­ra­tion
9. Jesus, on This Bless­ed Morn
10. Lord, Most Ho­ly, God Most Migh­ty
11. Lord of All Cre­a­tion
12. Lord of the New Cre­a­tion
13. Now a New Year Op­ens
14. O Dark and Drea­ry Day
15. O Lord, It Is a Joy­ful Thing
16. O Thou Who Dwell­est in Eter­ni­ty
17. Once More the Sheaves Are Ga­thered
18. Through Dan­gers of the Night
19. Virgin Did Come, A