Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be,
The last of life, for which the first was made.

Robert Browning

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Topic

Aging

Author

Robert Browning

Source

Rabbi ben Ezra

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Playwright Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Browning, Robert. "Rabbi Ben Ezra." Dramatis Personae. London: Chapman & Hall, 1864, I. 1.

Current Citation

Browning, Robert. "Rabbi Ben Ezra." Robert Browning: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 1.

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Author

Victor Hugo
Source
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Language
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Time
1864 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hugo, Victor. William Shakespeare. Paris: Lacroix & Verboeckhoven & Cie, 1864, pt. 1, bk. 2, ch. 4.