Read full poem →Wanting the brick-work promised by-and-by;
How the minute grey lichens, plate o'er plate,
Have softened down the crisp-cut name and date!
Dictionary Entry
Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc.
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Common Phrases
. lichenslichens crustose
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Poetry examples for “lichens”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →It stands erect, and like a stone
With lichens it is overgrown.
Read full poem →Like rock or stone, it is o’ergrown
With lichens to the very top,
And hung with heavy tufts of moss,
Read full poem →It stands erect, and like a stone
With lichens it is overgrown.
Read full poem →Like rock or stone, it is o’ergrown
With lichens to the very top,
And hung with heavy tufts of moss,