heyday of youth
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At last, entering a fine-looking house near the beach, he found his father and mother,—not old, as they were when they died, but in the heyday of youth and strength.
From Aino Folk-Tales by Chamberlain, Basil Hall
Is it for this that in the heyday of youth I walked with you to the school-house down the road!
From Chanticleer A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family by Mathews, Cornelius
The gladsome heyday of youth takes no note of the annual milestones.
From The Spinster Book by Reed, Myrtle
Now and then, a man of wealth in the heyday of youth adopts the tenet of broadest freedom.
From The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse by Various
She is like unto me: both are outcasts; she in the heyday of youth and flowing over with wealth, I an old hag and poor as a barren rock, save for this bit of gold.
From Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Short, Richard