Both Uses of
fleeting
in
Leaves of Grass
- Have you sped through fleeting customs, popularities?†
Chpt 23 *
- …with fructifying heat and light, O'er myriad farms, o'er lands and waters North and South, O'er Mississippi's endless course, o'er Texas' grassy plains, Kanada's woods, O'er all the globe that turns its face to thee shining in space, Thou that impartially enfoldest all, not only continents, seas, Thou that to grapes and weeds and little wild flowers givest so liberally, Shed, shed thyself on mine and me, with but a fleeting ray out of thy million millions, Strike through these chants.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(fleeting) lasting a short time