Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyxMkSynVZ
When nothing mattered more than love and play,455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfW0dyjvc1
Imagination was then in its prime,455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tCaeWUBMH
And life began anew with every day.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeGxeMiqQM
455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuJy3JYYcO
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDDKLwQaeU
And not a petal, root and simple stem,455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyiGNrYtAB
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9oCtUEmUK
Untainted by the intellect of man.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcb3w7HQ2G9
455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9NgVhgosv
That time is gone now; it cannot return,455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oqn21eHUn
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKri8UUplrS
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8FDPWvgAh
For that most happy time of unknown skills.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrn67ZAX0yy
455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0z368L2T1
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5s2mpy5XK
All that was holy in me as a boy!455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0vaYAdVZq

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1pcPwTb4p