Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjp4sunw4e
When nothing mattered more than love and play,448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarflkL3fOa
Imagination was then in its prime,448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1SCz3gyf0
And life began anew with every day.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAqjfw0zMD
448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0XBXJdhQI
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CcWnEqxZO
And not a petal, root and simple stem,448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAueI9tuc6f
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexqDX7vIfs
Untainted by the intellect of man.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedK46ZG6NC
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That time is gone now; it cannot return,448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIePjZtJILW
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvytqN6WaJR
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqCe6UKQjJ
For that most happy time of unknown skills.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AE78zmIYg
448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGvGxnEt50
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZoyYwqiJm
All that was holy in me as a boy!448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMO1079GF7

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJH0c7j34L