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Examples
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And again and again that old curse comes to haunt,
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She said she saw no fish, nor fowl, nor beast within her haunt,
English Songs and Ballads Various
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Keep thy sprite from abuse, here no abuse doth haunt,
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829 Various
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In due course we returned once more to our now old and familiar haunt,
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Morgan's defection did but drive them from their own pleasant haunt,
On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. John Masefield 1922
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Should have kept short, restraind, and out of haunt,
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And in those meads where sometime she might haunt,
Lamia 1884
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A lucky _spice_ on the road set them up; and having some acquaintance with Tom King, the party, on their arrival, sought him out at his customary haunt,
Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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A host of drear, unholy dreams did round my pillow haunt,
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. Alexander Leighton 1837
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And in those meads where sometime she might haunt,
Keats: Poems Published in 1820 John Keats 1808
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