Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9RO4RAViH
When nothing mattered more than love and play,450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYQ0GNOE4h
Imagination was then in its prime,450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhuwDFaQ9U
And life began anew with every day.450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bZhuDGnQM
450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXq8yO2gtXa
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqB2l9kWvIZ
And not a petal, root and simple stem,450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXf7IWaH3Ji
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxWD3FpwCz
Untainted by the intellect of man.450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMyCZF70P5
450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOfxy5Xhci
That time is gone now; it cannot return,450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OYlHhNdD0
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw827OTRkjS
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicPvOvLX3v
For that most happy time of unknown skills.450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDZmNUngT7
450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPSTecGxvU
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOpMkgWuV9
All that was holy in me as a boy!450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhO6pkPQ9qy

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.450Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDn0fhZtEwj