Moss

Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta sensu stricto. They typically form dense green clumps or mats, often in damp or shady locations.

Quotes

 * Put a mossy stone, With mortal name and date, a harp And bunch of wild flowers, carven sharp; Then leave it free to winds that blow, And patient mosses creeping; slow, And wandering wings, and footsteps rare Of human creature pausing there.
 * William Allingham, "A Gravestone"


 * A rolling stone gathers no moss..
 * Proverb attributed to Publilius Syrus, among other ancient authors.


 * My will is easy to decide, For there is nothing to divide. My kin don’t need to fuss and moan — "Moss does not cling to a rolling stone."
 * Joe Hill, "Joe Hill's Last Will" (poem written in his cell on the eve of his execution)


 * But here there is no light, Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.
 * John Keats, "Ode to a Nightingale"