3 Far underneath a craggy cliff pight:
pight > placed
4 Dark, doleful, dreary, like a greedy grave,
greedy > greedy, eager
5 That still for carrion carcases does crave;
still > continuously
6 On top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly owl,
ay > ever, always ghastly > terrible, causing terror (esp. of the supernatural) owl > (To the Romans, an omen of death: see Met. 10.453; see also 105.30:6, etc.)
7 Shrieking his baleful note, which ever drove 8 Far from that haunt all other cheerful fowl; 9 And all about it wandering ghosts did wail and howl.
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