Ode to Innocence20Please respect copyright.PENANAAjUoBvAOsK
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
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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
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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
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
20Please respect copyright.PENANAOrIRutlfGL
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
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