foison

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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)

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

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

And it is almost needless to say that in both subjects for novel treatment "foison," as both French and English would have said in their time.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George