Who wrote the lines: "Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be. The last of life, for which the first was made"?

The lines: "Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be. The last of life, for which the first was made" were written by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889). These lines are in the 1864 poem 'Rabbi Ben Ezra' which is presented as a dramatic monologue. This was one of the later works by Browning which earned him renown and respect.

His literary counterparts, supporters, and admirers publicly stated that the techniques Browning developed through his dramatic monologues—especially his use of diction, rhythm, and symbol—provided an extremely important contribution to the overall development of poetry as a genre. 'Rabbi Ben Ezra' is one of the best examples of a poem with the items just mentioned.

Browning’s religious ideas are presented in the poem through the personage of Rabbi Ben Ezra, a scholarly Jew.