autumn of life

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Oh, why are we not as lovely in our autumn of life as nature is in hers?

From Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." by Wren, Jenny

Here the Olympians and the Muses, with a grace that we fancy was Greek, lead a dance that traces the story of the spring, summer, and autumn of life.

From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel

They had parted in the prime of youthful manhood—they met in the autumn of life; and the snows of winter had prematurely descended upon the head of the miser.

From Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers by Moodie, Susanna

I passed the spring, summer, and autumn of life among the trees.

From The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore

He did not yet seem to have passed beyond the autumn of life.

From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Bird, Robert Montgomery