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

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

This dragon hath two horrid heads, For forage and for foison; The one's all jaw, and devouring maw, Whilst the other breathes forth poison.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 by Various

When we were come to Cyprus," says Joinville, Histoire de Saint Louis, Section 72, 73, "we found there greate foison of the Kynge's purveyance.

From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

Now burgeon, O Hybla! put forth and abound, till     50 Proserpina's field, To the foison thy lap overflowing its laurel of Sicily yield.

From The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by "Q" by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir