He could afford to wait; and no man is truly great who cannot bide his time.

It was not strange that he was not very well satisfied with a position which seemed as if it had been contrived in order to keep him out of sight, and to deprive him of the credit belonging to his financial successes; but hitherto he had been satisfied to bide his time.

Thou seest it not; I see it fade, Like one that may not bide.

I. Upon a rock, high on a mountain side, Thousands of feet above the lake-sea's lip, A rock in which old waters' rise and dip, Plunge and recoil, and backward eddying tide Had, age-long, worn, while races lived and died, Involved channels, where the sea-weed's drip Followed the ebb; and now earth-grasses sip Fresh dews from heaven, whereby on earth they bide I sat and gazed southwards.

And splendours all unspoken bide Within the ken of spirit's eye; And many a glory saileth by, Borne on the Godhead's living tide.

ye are like the tide Ye mak' a feint awa' to gang; But lang awa' ye winna bide, An' better greet than aye think lang.

any name may come and bide, If he be well content To see not seldom by his side Thy head serenely bent.

"She doesn't bide here; shoo's up at th' Heights.

But, indeed, I discovered nothing of any greatness; yet I saw three snakes, and there were, beside, two scorpion-creatures, as I did name them, that neither went backward from me, nor came against me; but did bide where I saw them, each in an hole of the rock.

And the Maid did bide very close unto me, and silent, whilst that I whispered; for the terror of the place did be on her, yet not to make her lacking of courage, but yet to put a monstrous awe upon her and a great and natural fear; and I likewise, as you do know.

Yet I did be very stern, for I was truly angered; and neither did I put her hand from mine, nor made to hold it; but only to let it bide; yet, truly, I to be something stirred in the heart-part by her pretty ways.

I must bide the beast's time now.

An' ye can all bide your times, an' see what John'll make o' the farm, now he's got where he can have things his own way.

"I'll bide if ye want me," said the mother.

Faith has such foresight, such courage, whether it toils actively or can merely bide its time.

He went to bed then to think it over, and by the morning he 'ad made up his mind to keep quiet and bide his time, as the saying is.

Where did he bide?

In Italy, though they bide in cities in winter, which is more gentlemanlike, all the summer they come abroad to their country-houses, to recreate themselves.

It were better to bide here.'

I wish and I wish that the spring would go faster, Nor long summer bide so late;

But we shall bide our time.

I would eliminate Lillian Gale from Dicky's life, but I would bide my time to do it.

It contained an article called 'The Bide-as-we-bes and parish of Stick-stodge-cum-Cadgerley,' and written with the same sort of clever, flippant irony as the description of the mixed company in the boarding-house on the Lago Maggiore.

"Bide as we be"; why, 'tis the best we can do.

"I'll bide my time," said Mr. Flynn, darkly.