Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYwvgRcYfK
When nothing mattered more than love and play,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGDb9kFG3j
Imagination was then in its prime,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwdxuXkHzh
And life began anew with every day.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNBFUD7Nbr
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A flower was then a joy, a mystery,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GL6GKt7Ix
And not a petal, root and simple stem,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhXCxojUJO
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpJ8dOyIo2
Untainted by the intellect of man.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8HN2VrhYh
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That time is gone now; it cannot return,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mvLssCFUy
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyVB1vnKxc
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPb085p8QC
For that most happy time of unknown skills.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNj1FjI2RD
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Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPS0W9AmfcK
All that was holy in me as a boy!99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUButG1IfNQ

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquD6hXw39X