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BIDE YOUR TIME
When fortune treats you slightingly
And everything goes wrong,
Remember that you still are free
To labor and be strong.
To him who bravely does his part
Misfortune is no crime;
Just hold your grip and keep up heart
And learn to bide your time.
The surest road to greatness lies
Through hard and patient work;
The glorious name that never dies
Comes not unto the shirk.
Fame sits upon an eminence,
A pinnacle sublime;
He who would win must seek her thence,
Strive on and bide his time.
The man of hope and energy
Who keeps one goal in sight,
Who goes his way with constancy,
Will some time win the fight
The man whose life a glory lends
To every age and clime
Is he whose purpose never bends,
Who works and bides his time.
Go onward. O’er the future’s hills
The dawn falls cool and sweet.
Go onward. He can win who wills
And bows not to defeat,
Go onward, though your path may lie
The way will brighten by and by.
Go on and bide your time.
And when the fight at last is o’er,
The toil at last is done;
When standing on life’s farther shore,
Beneath her setting sun;
Beyond the future’s unbarred gate
The bells of heaven chime,
And justice, love and glory wait
For him who bides his time.
Denver News
[Welland Telegraph 1900]
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