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
My flower of life unfolds to thee-- Thou dost not dream--how short its days!
From The Children of the World by Heyse, Paul
From their crucible I issued hard and cold as iron, but gone for ever was the glow of noble aspirations—the fairest flower of life.
From A Hero of Our Time by Wisdom, J. H.
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
