Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZrJbDMqKQ
When nothing mattered more than love and play,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YX1DntMNI
Imagination was then in its prime,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtzzm3Lwb2
And life began anew with every day.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGrd86Kk6H
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3icvGc5qcL
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5a1LFsGTkv
And not a petal, root and simple stem,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkio2P2lkQ4
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz96MZuRiW4
Untainted by the intellect of man.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7jiu8GgO6
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoecfCAowuZ
That time is gone now; it cannot return,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITqpYtuEND
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4c8uDUlkT
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUftYPQAeM
For that most happy time of unknown skills.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5dTmHKtKJ
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJYDyg5RTC
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxn7ZgA215p
All that was holy in me as a boy!142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTx3HJDfP8

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFrRLOHOQ5