BEGINNING my studies, the first step pleas'd me so much, <br /> The mere fact, consciousness--these forms--the power of motion, <br /> The least insect or animal--the senses--eyesight--love; <br /> The first step, I say, aw'd me and pleas'd me so much, <br /> I have hardly gone, and hardly wish'd to go, any farther, <br /> But stop and loiter all the time, to sing it in extatic songs.<br /><br />Walt Whitman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/beginning-my-studies/
