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 gamers never empty; Vines with clust'ring bunches growing; Plants with goodly burden bowing; Spring come to you at the farthest, In the very end of harvest!

From The Tempest by Shakespeare, William

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)

Vive, vive Napol�on, Qui nous b�ille D' la volaille, Du pain et du vin � foison.

From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by Walton, William

Was he the only one who felt the challenge offered by the maddening fertility and foison of the hot sun-dazzled earth?

From Where the Blue Begins by Morley, Christopher