Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaN6uiQfukx
When nothing mattered more than love and play,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHD4zVeGML
Imagination was then in its prime,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TXUVgHJaP
And life began anew with every day.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAijWYqLYb0
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A flower was then a joy, a mystery,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObI67vRHTD
And not a petal, root and simple stem,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWR3ipI8w4u
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0EdbpJLBW
Untainted by the intellect of man.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnM5CzKkg3
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That time is gone now; it cannot return,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEB45JUjmkr
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LkDvMECi3
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpUoWoJEUI
For that most happy time of unknown skills.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHU8kIeJpPN
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Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTiYJA6cPU
All that was holy in me as a boy!140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPq5f0PJnUr

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.140Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAi2gem99U