Born: Ju­ly 12, 1811, Mix­bury rectory, Ox­ford­shire, Eng­land.

Died: Ap­ril 5, 1879.

Son of W. J. Palm­er, Rec­tor of Mix­bury, Will­iam ob­tained his BA de­gree from Mag­da­len Coll­ege, Ox­ford, and event­u­al­ly be­came Fell­ow, Tu­tor, and Vice-Pre­si­dent there. He con­verted to Ro­man Ca­thol­i­cism in 1855. His works in­clude:

• Short Po­ems and Hymns, the lat­ter most­ly trans­la­tions, 1845

Sources

Translations

1. Again the Dawn Gives Warning Meet
2. At Length the Six Days’ Course Is Past
3. Bathed in Tears, and Deeply Grieving
4. Christ, in High­est Heav­en En­thronèd
5. Exiled from Paradise and Heaven
6. Great God, What Terror Fills the Eye
7. Hark, Louder Through Surrounding Gloom
8. How Tenderly, How Patiently
9. Mysterious Sign of Royalty
10. Now, Sion, to the Approaching King
11. O Brightness of the Father’s Light
12. O Gracious Word, That Issuing Forth from Heav’n
13. O Threefold Holiness and Might
14. Spouse of Christ, in Arms Contending
15. Suppliant I Adore Thee, Latent Deity