Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8e86lYypK
When nothing mattered more than love and play,190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOZP9RkCzj
Imagination was then in its prime,190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfh9zKN3UJ
And life began anew with every day.190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXfu2JtYFP
190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJaGM8OeI6
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZAGKaRcqS
And not a petal, root and simple stem,190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUl3iey0Wry
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6phT3WLOxf
Untainted by the intellect of man.190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jOgvwfDZe
190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciJTior7LV
That time is gone now; it cannot return,190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBOPYWULZu
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0yBgSaP1p
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkSgNru2Nu
For that most happy time of unknown skills.190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9uYKVhZoG
190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPg5FqqWP6
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhz1dOlLcG
All that was holy in me as a boy!190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgen8YMvZnA

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.190Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjY3WVH311