Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUpIgn8Kzx
When nothing mattered more than love and play,184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIk8c4eWay
Imagination was then in its prime,184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8cLCqzcy7
And life began anew with every day.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsekAWGPHoL
184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdRjaclWt0
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKuinvHSjb
And not a petal, root and simple stem,184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vz4SHfRcD
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGLRDkwBjv
Untainted by the intellect of man.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycYnehSoY6
184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxQ2OOt9Gs
That time is gone now; it cannot return,184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbP5EhhUiLu
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTODsJRMCqK
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOITtDyScqj
For that most happy time of unknown skills.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2MNWzPwja
184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlelmLaGTQ
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhbsxvoA86
All that was holy in me as a boy!184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoi28q0OgGv

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVJVwravWm