See boon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1985, Herbert Kretzmer (English lyrics), Les Misérables (musical), \"Master of the House,\" second and third refrains, fifth line",
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"text": "With mazie error under pendant ſhades / Ran Nectar, viſiting each plant, and fed /Flours worthy of Paradiſe which not nice Art / In Beds and curious Knots, but Nature boon / Powrd forth profuſe on Hill and Dale and Plaine, / […]",
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