Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgj3pzSfg0v
When nothing mattered more than love and play,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0ptCzXMIY
Imagination was then in its prime,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLgfs35UJG
And life began anew with every day.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSmDKMwsJ4
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKR72OtqYQ
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrajuFy5gL
And not a petal, root and simple stem,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2xP6Jm4vl
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NeLFENzGN
Untainted by the intellect of man.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDlUk5hSP5
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04d8vdoYq1
That time is gone now; it cannot return,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwRMSkvVlJ
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfK9dRKggm
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH56mQUflX3
For that most happy time of unknown skills.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGhCEA69le
142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjYwyWMlRS
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLu1tGAiQAS
All that was holy in me as a boy!142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9P0fbxfKDW

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.142Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEemU0VGEYj