Brooke at­tend­ed Trin­i­ty Coll­ege in Dub­lin, Ire­land (BA 1856, MA 1858). He won the Downes Prize, and the Vice Chan­cel­lor’s prize for Eng­lish verse. He took Ho­ly Or­ders, and be­came cur­ate of St. Mat­thew’s, Mar­y­le­bone, 1857-59; Ken­sing­ton, 1860-63; Chap­lain to the Brit­ish Em­bas­sy in Ber­lin, 1863-65; Min­is­ter of St. James Chap­el, York Street, Lon­don, 1866-75; and of Bed­ford Chap­el, 1876. He was al­so ap­point­ed as Chap­lain in Or­din­ary to the Queen in 1872. His works in­clude:

• Life and Let­ters of the Late F. W. Ro­bert­son, 1865
• The­ol­o­gy in the Eng­lish Po­ets, 1874
• Primer of Eng­lish Literature, 1876
• Christ­ian Hymns, 1881
• A Trea­su­ry of Irish Po­e­try in the Eng­lish Tongue, circa 1900

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Hymns

1. Immortal Love, Within Whose Righteous Will
2. It Fell up­on a Sum­mer Day
3. It Is Fin­ished, All the Pain
4. Let the Whole Crea­tion Cry
5. Morning Walks up­on the Earth, The
6. Mysterious Spirit, unto Whom
7. Now That Day Its Wings Has Furled
8. O God, Whose Love Is Near
9. O That Thou Wouldst the Heav­ens Rend
10. O Who Is This That on the Tree
11. Oft as We Run the Weary Way
12. Still the Night, Ho­ly the Night
13. Through the Starry Mid­night Dim
14. When the Lord of Love Was Here