They's times when how you feel got to be kep' to yourself.
It'll be with me like it was with Uncle Ned's ole ox, I reckon; he kep' a-goin' an' a-goin' till he died a-standin' up, an' even then they had to push him over.
Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.
His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity-Zekle.