Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5mfyIU9b6
When nothing mattered more than love and play,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMKQyP2I4H
Imagination was then in its prime,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sVovOzoag
And life began anew with every day.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm45wZNLqZJ
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ebIrOIb8h
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTx9V4FJved
And not a petal, root and simple stem,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRZmXEnjLw
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXtLmTlXp2
Untainted by the intellect of man.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3jPmvLJcZ
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That time is gone now; it cannot return,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslwddkjn1l
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIwpceTH4F
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQqzobo1uY
For that most happy time of unknown skills.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0QBS0fyGK
174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZ0zzMGhK0
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PDGBBnNma
All that was holy in me as a boy!174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPP6b85SJ8N

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnxyZ7gWuz