Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWx4lwNrRR2
When nothing mattered more than love and play,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7S1ydNz7K
Imagination was then in its prime,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZMd2lv9Gp
And life began anew with every day.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDohQSZuaff
116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzHwrTjWaa
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO24CiSud6q
And not a petal, root and simple stem,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjMZ5Ta6Dc
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYhs8rpLJ8
Untainted by the intellect of man.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BcaC7Jwdv
116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeWrHVBt0M
That time is gone now; it cannot return,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnTYggqsy8
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMrEuWD4YB
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjdgFWh4Ct
For that most happy time of unknown skills.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGQ8FOwbEe
116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLp5XFnVQdw
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQzrONFuQk
All that was holy in me as a boy!116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUw4oFwDwl

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.116Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamp8Jp7LNU