Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLqodpMspZ
When nothing mattered more than love and play,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCcQjsh91m
Imagination was then in its prime,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWn2ucqBAp
And life began anew with every day.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiX5tctQLvt
87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyUyJHxCtX
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGljSEHJmxV
And not a petal, root and simple stem,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqjljxbhQ6
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHLdhKb8uD
Untainted by the intellect of man.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1wIbgA2DX
87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKi8XZgNcK
That time is gone now; it cannot return,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKKyup0jXl
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdItPLxUDuQ
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocZDFRo6SA
For that most happy time of unknown skills.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uP0yaYdYx
87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcu7V3MPtM
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUT0I8HH5W
All that was holy in me as a boy!87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmczXvuqL6t

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.87Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD97skpEVsm