foison
Example Sentences
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Now spring-tide showers its foison on the land, And lively hearts wend forth, a joyous band, For 'Isa's breath wakes the dead earth to life, And trees gleam white with flowers, like Musa's hand.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar
There shall be dearth, and yet so gay the dearth That all the land shall look in holiday With mockery of foison; every field With splendour aflame.
From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert
The king, dear son, so good and wise, Has gone from earth and gained the skies, Leaving to thee, her rightful lord, This rich wide land with foison stored.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
To this joyous gem Capricorn has added a whole foison of annotations.
From On Something by Belloc, Hilaire
Treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine Would I not have; but nature should bring forth, Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance To feed my innocent people!
From Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by Hazlitt, William
