foison

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Gie some to t' queen on her gowlden throne, There's foison to feed both worker an' drone ; Oh ! dean't let us fend for oursels alone ; ��� Bees, bees, murmurin' low.

From Songs of the Ridings by Moorman, Frederic William

Earth’s increase, foison plenty, Barns and garners never empty; Vines with clustering bunches growing; Plants with goodly burthen bowing; Spring come to you at the farthest 115 In the very end of harvest!

From The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge

I have foison of this year's fleeces with me.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William

Gray Pelican, poised where yon broad shallows shine, Know'st thou, that finny foison all is mine In the bag below thy beak — yet thine, not less?

From The Poems of Sidney Lanier by Lanier, Sidney

To this joyous gem Capricorn has added a whole foison of annotations.

From On Something by Belloc, Hilaire