flower of life
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Look at the flower of life as one such metaphor.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2014
After a time came rebellion and reckless grasping after life or what bore the semblance and wore the red flower of life, careless whether�nay, even glad if its heart were poisoned.
From Time Magazine Archive
Indeed, is it not true that whatsoever is most sensuous in connection with human joy, and at the same time pure, is the very flower of life, and therefore the most consummate revelation of holiness?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various
Smooth is the way to ease and calm delight, And soft the road Sloth chooseth for her own; But he who craves the flower of life full-blown, Must struggle up in all his armor dight!
From The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Howells, William Dean
Old age, the flower of life, petulant youth, all stoop under the weight of the purple.
From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by Walton, William
