Possible Clues:

• Regularly, to a rhymester
• 'How ___ Has the Banshee Cried' (Thomas Moore poem)
• A lot, to a bard
• '. . . in the stilly night' (Moore)
• Many times (archaic)
• "Thy friendship __ has made my heart to ache": Blake
• Many times, in poetry
• ''For loan __ loses both itself and friend'': Shak.
• It's frequently found in Western fast food
• More ___ than not