11 Metaphors for stern

And so stern was the framing of the Law, that there were yet the metal pegs upon the inner side of the Great Gate, where had been stretched the skin of one who disobeyed; and was flayed and his hide set there to be a warning in the Early Days.

The hardy people among whom he took up his abode were able to appreciate his learning and religion as much as they admired his adventurous and indomitable temper; and the stern, hard, God-fearing man became a most powerful influence for good throughout the whole formative period of the southwest.

Stern are her commands, not to be resisted.

The sternest of all touchstones of the genuineness of our better feelings is the fashion in which they stand the wear of years.

Stern was her lot in life; She was a drunkard's wife; And forests drear Shut not temptation out; Strong drink was sold and bought; Poor pioneer!

Stern was the face of nature; we rejoiced In that stern countenance; for our souls thence drew A feeling of their strength.

Stern looked the king, and, when the court was met, The lady and her lover in the midst, Spoke to his lords, demanding them of this: "What merits he, the servant of the king, Forgetful of his place, his trust, his oath, Who, for his own bad end, to hide his fault, Makes use of her, a Princess of the realm, As of a mule,a beast of burden!borne Upon her shoulders through the winter's night And wind and snow?"

The stern but vicious general, though in name a conqueror, became an easy victim of her wiles; and was himself in fact the conquered one.

Stern is the on-look of Necessity, Not without shudder may a human hand Grasp the mysterious urn of destiny.

Stern was their bellowing, in their eye sat death, Foremost of all for mettle and for might And pride of heart loomed Phaeton: him the swains Regarded as a star; so bright he shone Among the herd, the cynosure of eyes.

He grew impatient for morning and sat looking forward to its coming with a face set and hard, growing as stern as death.

11 Metaphors for  stern