Emily Dickinson Lexicon

perpetual, adj. [Fr. < L. per + petěre, aim at, seek.] (webplay: ceasing, glories, heart, law, motion, time, uninterrupted).

1. Migratory; moving to another climate at the change of the seasons; [fig.] immortal; deathless.
2. Constant; ceaseless; unrelenting; eternal; endless.
3. Continuing.
4. Permanent; everlasting.