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With mortal name and date... ~ William Allingham
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
[edit]- 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.
- 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."
- 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"