Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuKjfLyXBk
When nothing mattered more than love and play,89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdSrXdYpAJ
Imagination was then in its prime,89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwaG2BdVge
And life began anew with every day.89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRQBOvY2Uo
89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPBvXUHzYC
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9QcV8GE9O
And not a petal, root and simple stem,89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMY1w8PcXE
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQm6rYOFCD
Untainted by the intellect of man.89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8dd8EB3wu
89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFs8LnOijmN
That time is gone now; it cannot return,89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLOdSt0bgk
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8alqD937i
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoky7wHVkg2
For that most happy time of unknown skills.89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqx5YzcYsy
89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyK3FwQz2I
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9KLiiOWmy
All that was holy in me as a boy!89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN089A3vtKD

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.89Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEQAeXNjWX