Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEY7MlzAId
When nothing mattered more than love and play,36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO43GN9rQ7D
Imagination was then in its prime,36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEn5isEt8h
And life began anew with every day.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapfY3l75Aw
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A flower was then a joy, a mystery,36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNw4q8ucBF1
And not a petal, root and simple stem,36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGefvXf0EiC
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xDoxaCCUl
Untainted by the intellect of man.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXz0f5BlyVN
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That time is gone now; it cannot return,36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheGqjhIKV7
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYRNo8XaHv
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSC86NlA73
For that most happy time of unknown skills.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qpXvDCevt
36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtz7VtqwvY
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuU0iEHrnW
All that was holy in me as a boy!36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGvRe4CRKz

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.36Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77I7MUIklB