abide vs carry the torch

abide

verb
  • To endure without yielding; to withstand. 

  • Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”). 

  • To pay for; to stand the consequences of. 

  • To bear patiently. 

carry the torch

How often have the words abide and carry the torch occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )