Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLibNMH9qyL
When nothing mattered more than love and play,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XbFX3BkEA
Imagination was then in its prime,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPisY8hdZ2
And life began anew with every day.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHiNqrJbcC
180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyoSYWapZG
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWa2bQTDNDh
And not a petal, root and simple stem,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNi7kt5eLc
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NPgxxVCqu
Untainted by the intellect of man.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLqSgpsdIB
180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJGSDISAJk
That time is gone now; it cannot return,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3DnZMno8g
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvdupDYpjW
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EW17p53yQ
For that most happy time of unknown skills.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjsKZuMweb
180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3SuEmqdOl
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzFgHD9Zid
All that was holy in me as a boy!180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQr5y68XVq0

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.180Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhLj4WkaQv