Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYryBW64fMr
When nothing mattered more than love and play,196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1JNX33Lum
Imagination was then in its prime,196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScil6QjbIU
And life began anew with every day.196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡes2UIeFLb2
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A flower was then a joy, a mystery,196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4ivn3PHZw
And not a petal, root and simple stem,196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIP0LE2ydq
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHd3wmOfaSw
Untainted by the intellect of man.196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vqXBQo4IZ
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That time is gone now; it cannot return,196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCQ8gcv00Q
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFkIMrvbFR
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWYzdhg8pj
For that most happy time of unknown skills.196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmEoglIrVm
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Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxeYfqffZh
All that was holy in me as a boy!196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGrDMMzNzN

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMF4f7uuZx