The Music I Heard Once

The music I heard once
 Was louder
 Than it is now
 I can no longer distinguish
 Pained cries
 From shouts of joy
 Perhaps my ears are deaf
 Or the interference too great
 Still the order I remember
 Has given way to discord
 And while running wild was exciting
 It was so
 Only for a moment
 Fleeting as a note
 Leaving an even more transparent impression
 The music I recall
 Was different than it is now
 For the new makes the old seem
 Older than it is
 To think from that
 We grew into a new age
 Suggests that
 Ages past
 Were not enough for adventuring souls
 For stars too bright to be concealed
 In a dark
 But beauteous night
 We will paste upon the curled pages
 Words
 Like charming
 And romantic
 And sentimental
 Forgetting that charming is witchcraft
 Romantic is love
 And sentiment is what makes us
 Human