'Grow Old Along With Me'

o: Paul Hartal Sun, Jun 26 at 2: 08 p.m. Old age is a blessing, proclaims Robert Browning in Rabbi Ben Ezra. 'Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be', says his medieval sage. Don't fear the future, as days turn a new page. The words are haunting; The statement, the poem proceed in a broadrim; And mull over the words chirped by flying spring birds; Transcending sorrows, pain, oh, life is good indeed. Though shadows might exceed as hopes fail and recede. Still, on the whole, a gain, oh, life is good and sweet, a blessing in the main. Grow old along with me The best is yet to be.