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.

Put a mossy stone,
With mortal name and date... ~ William Allingham

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"