a-witherin

Updated: June 18, 2025

Now, I used to watch that theer tree an' here's the cur'us thing, Peter day by day I see that tree a-droopin' an' droopin', a-witherin' an' a-pinin' for them other two brothers you might say till one day I come by, an' theer it were, Peter, a-standin' up so big an' tall as ever but dead! Ay, Peter, dead it were, an' never put forth another leaf, an' never will, Peter never.

Jeffery Farnol - The Broad Highway