foison

Example Sentences

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And where shall he find due foison If e'en bread-and-butter's poison?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, February 4, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), 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

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

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

I have foison of this year's fleeces with me.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William