Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pasPCg1sF
When nothing mattered more than love and play,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFPGBTC8wt
Imagination was then in its prime,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWc3VKxvcF
And life began anew with every day.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuxNyjsZhm
21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrPLxeXcf8
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFr65xP5kC
And not a petal, root and simple stem,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmM72jdDWf
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDi19t3wjbB
Untainted by the intellect of man.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3L6EViUis
21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjxRFagSii
That time is gone now; it cannot return,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMh91urpS6
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqhZDkaf7V
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD98QotH6lc
For that most happy time of unknown skills.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJ4GH1fHyi
21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyltaiHiRba
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJPJk9NgnZ
All that was holy in me as a boy!21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDfH7S3NN3

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPVecsWJiP