Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYCgm1F05q
When nothing mattered more than love and play,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLdbpgQEka
Imagination was then in its prime,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVxyZ3hkrr
And life began anew with every day.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpZfrNBLBL
153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXunBHPHHU
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8J7AW5B0X
And not a petal, root and simple stem,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRf4utg52K3
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGRuID1azs
Untainted by the intellect of man.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mihaSDKod
153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXBjs3sidP
That time is gone now; it cannot return,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiI3c0Oi9r
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPh5BufUdEz
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQyYvrHk1w
For that most happy time of unknown skills.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTJZ4kUeNT
153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8Ju3FVUXD
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dzzLju7PK
All that was holy in me as a boy!153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzbJ6XcqsY

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.153Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlQp57LU3t