Both Uses of
fleeting
in
Moby Dick
- Oh— We'll drink to-night with hearts as light, To love, as gay and fleeting As bubbles that swim, on the beaker's brim, And break on the lips while meeting.†
Chpt 37-39
- Oh, grassy glades! oh, ever vernal endless landscapes in the soul; in ye,—though long parched by the dead drought of the earthy life,—in ye, men yet may roll, like young horses in new morning clover; and for some few fleeting moments, feel the cool dew of the life immortal on them.†
Chpt 112-114 *
Definition:
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(fleeting) lasting a short time