=10.= Set laggard singers snatching at the tune.
What “laggard singers”?
=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.