Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKSYLeOn5Z
When nothing mattered more than love and play,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoi2m9p2pvC
Imagination was then in its prime,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMRfFFwFg3
And life began anew with every day.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILoFyG52dO
19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9RdxhZpNB
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYPsQrP5uV
And not a petal, root and simple stem,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKY4IgD6KEv
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYo9uE5nnz
Untainted by the intellect of man.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9TyKzCPyd
19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhxVE7n2DD
That time is gone now; it cannot return,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqpODLv8fc
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHzG016FDc
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEb77vkFwPk
For that most happy time of unknown skills.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqp1fYqFYft
19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKTEiLUFgK
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboMQY0XBvz
All that was holy in me as a boy!19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDs9bZZyX9

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbIUYRyaku