Read full poem →How oft the satyrs and the wanton fauns,
Who haunt the forests or frequent the lawns,
The god whose ensign scares the birds of prey,
Dictionary Entry
A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.
In a Sentence
“I went back the town I used to live and visited all my old haunts.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. haunthaunt favouritehaunt favorite
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Poetry examples for “haunt”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →His vassalage; those towers flamboyant
Of airy cloudland palaces now haunt
His daylight wanderings. Forever done
Read full poem →Tivoli's waters and rocks; and fair unto Monte Gennaro
(Haunt, even yet, I must think, as I wander and gaze, of the shadows,
Faded and pale, yet immortal, of Faunus, the Nymphs, and the Graces).
Read full poem →No fault of mine made me your toast:
Why will you haunt me with a face as wan
As shows an hour-old ghost?
Read full poem →No fault of mine made me your toast:
Why will you haunt me with a face as wan
As shows an hour-old ghost?
Read full poem →And what less labour than to hold thy peace?
Let him please, haunt the house, be kindly used,
Enjoy the wench; let all else be refused. 30
Read full poem →In spring of youth it was my lot
To haunt of the wide earth a spot
The which I could not love the less—
Read full poem →In spring of youth it was my lot
To haunt of the wide world a spot
The which I could not love the less--
Read full poem →In spring of youth it was my lot
To haunt of the wide world a spot
The which I could not love the less —
Read full poem →And keen melodies like shadows
Haunt the moaning willow trees,
And the sycamores with laughter