Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMdFvjfU2v
When nothing mattered more than love and play,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4IMTT05VS
Imagination was then in its prime,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrF5tAtYKZ
And life began anew with every day.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpiFSx4pn8
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A flower was then a joy, a mystery,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDurqzfop3h
And not a petal, root and simple stem,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsCaTe1zSQ
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUM2bhzIN2f
Untainted by the intellect of man.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXAHplGDLb
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That time is gone now; it cannot return,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡViFJTtmV5t
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vI1euDZYn
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGf7TdPbQr
For that most happy time of unknown skills.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzE0OE8KFJv
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Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkylio7Fyxl
All that was holy in me as a boy!158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaL4zpGXARD

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.158Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3Yh0mh0UI