Oh half remembered, fleeting, happy time,179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXv161Mix3
When nothing mattered more than love and play,179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFALVHF7tvM
Imagination was then in its prime,179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Qut066kXV
And life began anew with every day.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw30Ed0qhqx
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A flower was then a joy, a mystery,179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfMPpTOcjw
And not a petal, root and simple stem,179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wUT3TKkQu
And life was full of wondrous fantasy,179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgAVsr49B2
Untainted by the intellect of man.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwf1Mh3cSfc
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That time is gone now; it cannot return,179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzO3EDl8AlJ
The fruit's been swallowed; its slow poison kills,179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqByM8vdTU
And yet my fallen heart will always yearn,179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOS6BULmgBd
For that most happy time of unknown skills.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOLpU1JaUM
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Oh false god, knowledge, daily you destroy,179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7TsP73K2R
All that was holy in me as a boy!179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cZaPKK7Zy

You can hear my reading of this sonnet (one of my earliest and still favorite) at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mkiCU9b6Ey2dYZIGoGs9y?si=coo0f3hWTaOTYu1hngGbow.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQchsjztPPE