There was a child went forth every day,
And the first object he look'd upon, that object he became,
And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of the day,
Or for many years or stretching cycles of years.
The repetiton of the act forces it to become ingrained in the child’s psyche. The child did not just go forth, he goes forth “every day.” 

There Was a Child Went Forth