foison
Example Sentences
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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 Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
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 William Hazlitt
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 George Saintsbury
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 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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 Omar Khayyam
