Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorU8Pxf1sU
When nothing mattered more than love and play,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tV30oE01z
Imagination was then in its prime,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKkyE69H5g
And life began anew with every day.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJ2ZrUhU2y
173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXj2qRyDeyD
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgbcfk4k0I
And not a petal, root and simple stem,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhe8pbtiTyc
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKXcLgKiCO
Untainted by the intellect of man.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TzhtrcsPG
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That time is gone now; it cannot return,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhq6qgj81FV
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAUyGk5uF9
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvn73iEmX6S
For that most happy time of unknown skills.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WWJlYOn1g
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Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vKr6lqlTs
All that was holy in me as a boy!173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gZOISRakG

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1v9PpdcbV5