13. And, pitching voices to the timeless woe,
Life fundamentally sad.
14. Outwailed the lilting. So the Chorus sings etc.
In the Greek theater the Chorus sang after the actor had spoken, always taking an opposite tone. So Hugh’s joyous song is drowned in the wailing of the dogs.
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8. He hobbled now along a withered rill etc.
Note the quiet of the autumn spell over the secluded place, and the onomatopœia indicating the falling of the plums and whispering leaves; also the crying of the lonesome dog that makes the stillness more intense and sad.
10. A cyclopean portal yawning sheer.
“Cyclopean portal,” Homer’s Odyssey.
25. Above the sunset like a stygian boat,