Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAenD7H6JTe
When nothing mattered more than love and play,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIIBaSNpIn
Imagination was then in its prime,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm57Au2T7D9
And life began anew with every day.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uRrZH6wmf
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A flower was then a joy, a mystery,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DeLQQuRFZ
And not a petal, root and simple stem,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSXo6NY1uO
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCIVicztwa
Untainted by the intellect of man.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfT47Wrtm0
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That time is gone now; it cannot return,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQK8ppPQeq
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdDvAYi3M4
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwD5R25q641
For that most happy time of unknown skills.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wJk7f0jW1
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Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6kZFjedCM
All that was holy in me as a boy!37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TKSXYcq6G

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxrntxr1OX