Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdlMTI94KP
When nothing mattered more than love and play,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4ORyas3tn
Imagination was then in its prime,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxFevK6ALD
And life began anew with every day.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhI8YbW67AU
20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJtpI9fAM2
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAE22i0RWN
And not a petal, root and simple stem,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JYEvELsf5
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlQFKUECgX
Untainted by the intellect of man.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdtZYI9lsI
20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMlzPhijUf
That time is gone now; it cannot return,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFC5iowLWDE
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuEG8d7HmM
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡra0yLcKbml
For that most happy time of unknown skills.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rondfx57u
20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQhtKqg9e2
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynywTVd31z
All that was holy in me as a boy!20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdkl7QGDuF

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkglAHUWLQ