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 do not have a springtime and a summer and an autumn and a winter of life every year.

From Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks by Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph)

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 Lipman, Frederick L. (Frederic Lockwood)

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 Soothes the roughness of care—cheers the winter of life.

From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert

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 Wells, Carolyn