Ode to Innocence80Please respect copyright.PENANAfkvagubmtG
Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,80Please respect copyright.PENANA429VqBQab7
When nothing mattered more than love and play,80Please respect copyright.PENANA9YbrsEgF7T
Imagination was then in its prime,80Please respect copyright.PENANAKpUDoXslFi
And life began anew with every day.80Please respect copyright.PENANAFsHhXoZYaB
80Please respect copyright.PENANAqW61opXqcN
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,80Please respect copyright.PENANAbsPV3FPXVe
And not a petal, root and simple stem,80Please respect copyright.PENANARdMQxwbEXC
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,80Please respect copyright.PENANAkCfYMKa5xI
Untainted by the intellect of man.80Please respect copyright.PENANAQwVFxZQMCd
80Please respect copyright.PENANA4K9B1R4ACB
That time is gone now; it cannot return,80Please respect copyright.PENANA93WYOXoSHu
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,80Please respect copyright.PENANAUuPvwlEOy9
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,80Please respect copyright.PENANA2TGoIyGRZ6
For that most happy time of unknown skills.80Please respect copyright.PENANAyRnE9ZH9i4
80Please respect copyright.PENANA698PGRhIvO
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,80Please respect copyright.PENANACO6PXCTgUb
All that was holy in me as a boy!80Please respect copyright.PENANAc7BC3h9z3i
When nothing mattered more than love and play,80Please respect copyright.PENANA9YbrsEgF7T
Imagination was then in its prime,80Please respect copyright.PENANAKpUDoXslFi
And life began anew with every day.80Please respect copyright.PENANAFsHhXoZYaB
80Please respect copyright.PENANAqW61opXqcN
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,80Please respect copyright.PENANAbsPV3FPXVe
And not a petal, root and simple stem,80Please respect copyright.PENANARdMQxwbEXC
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,80Please respect copyright.PENANAkCfYMKa5xI
Untainted by the intellect of man.80Please respect copyright.PENANAQwVFxZQMCd
80Please respect copyright.PENANA4K9B1R4ACB
That time is gone now; it cannot return,80Please respect copyright.PENANA93WYOXoSHu
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,80Please respect copyright.PENANAUuPvwlEOy9
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,80Please respect copyright.PENANA2TGoIyGRZ6
For that most happy time of unknown skills.80Please respect copyright.PENANAyRnE9ZH9i4
80Please respect copyright.PENANA698PGRhIvO
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,80Please respect copyright.PENANACO6PXCTgUb
All that was holy in me as a boy!80Please respect copyright.PENANAc7BC3h9z3i
80Please respect copyright.PENANAUQfiTqOe1t
You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.80Please respect copyright.PENANAnxQAozW0KX
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