winter of life
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And I began to feel in the boys a curious, wary, bewildered despair, as though they were now settling in for the long, hard winter of life.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
We are both in the winter of life, time's uses are almost ended, and all that is blissful now are the memories of the past.
From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by William Henry Sparks
A grave, quiet man, with kind eyes, but already far on in the winter of life.
From Six Women by Victoria Cross
Doubtless there are many workmen who follow a more rational course, who are reaping and storing the harvest for the comfort and security of themselves and their families during the winter of life.
From Creating Capital Money-making as an aim in business by Frederick L. (Frederic Lockwood) Lipman
In the rock's gloomy crevice the bright holly grows, The ivy waves fresh o'er the withering rose; And the evergreen love of a virtuous wife Smooths the roughness of care—cheers the winter of life.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells
