Leaves of Grass

BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS

Beginning My Studies

Beginning my studies the first step pleas`d me so much,
The mere fact consciousness, these forms, the power of motion,
The least insect or animal, the senses, eyesight, love,
The first step I say awed me and pleas`d me so much,
I have hardly gone and hardly wish`d to go any farther,
But stop and loiter all the time to sing it in ecstatic songs.

Walt Whitman

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