Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpN5GIXdHIz
When nothing mattered more than love and play,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWIVIRUR3v
Imagination was then in its prime,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxqo5P00fv
And life began anew with every day.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPgZb2niBY
118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAevSV50Q0
A flower was then a joy, a mystery,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6YfACTVfr
And not a petal, root and simple stem,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH32gPE2hel
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyQZ7ubxUh
Untainted by the intellect of man.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnxHHUhOgI
118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVIhtludXr
That time is gone now; it cannot return,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrlIWQSI1p
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2SVOWChlz
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqZvqKVv9r
For that most happy time of unknown skills.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFM3nshEzCt
118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiUzjIsnJ4
Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYRisHj6s9
All that was holy in me as a boy!118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroSAs08lDX

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvhzw9WQ4c