foison

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

From On Something by Belloc, Hilaire

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

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

Soye, oüate, tabac, draps de laine, poisson, Bois, bleds, sel, bescars, tout luy vient à foison.

From The Story of Rouen by Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir

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