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
Elegies and Latin verses recalled the charms and talents of Beatrice and lamented the hard fate which had snatched her away in the flower of life.
From Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 by Ady, Julia Mary Cartwright
The flower of life is a gift, Dino, without money and without price.
From Vestigia Vol. II. by Fleming, George
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
