Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXdC6eP1at
When nothing mattered more than love and play,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzibFz8xzgx
Imagination was then in its prime,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gCCQzvGht
And life began anew with every day.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQgVDo8lb9
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A flower was then a joy, a mystery,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GB3YDvXwP
And not a petal, root and simple stem,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaS4aZc6DNW
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7Z76tgitE
Untainted by the intellect of man.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeur0gMwSyU
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That time is gone now; it cannot return,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbD6VGL7Wmw
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpv6Hlq9n85
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQakrmRSPdE
For that most happy time of unknown skills.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58AjLgkCyV
56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ISHkBTzsG
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGBalUoBJH
All that was holy in me as a boy!56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJKSytZqXf

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8le8FvVoJ