2002
On His Seventy-Fifth Birthday
Composed by 
Ned Rorem
Ned Rorem Text by 
Walter Savage Landor
Walter Savage Landor Aftermath Song Collection
"On His Seventy-Fifth Birthday" is the sixth song in Ned Rorem's song cycle Aftermath, written for medium voice, violin, cello, and piano.
Text
On His Seventy-Fifth Birthday
by Walter Savage Landor
I strove with none; for none was worth my strife,
Nature I loved, and next to Nature, Art;
I warmed both hands before the fire of life,
It sinks, and I am ready to depart.
Records
2003
Music@Menlo Live ’03: Innovation / Evolution: The Unfolding of Music 1720 – 2002, Vol. 5 (Voices of Our Time)
John Corigliano, John Harbison, Ned Rorem
Sheet Music
Aftermath
Ned Rorem
1. The Drum
2. Tygers of Wrath
3. The Fury of the Aerial Bombardment
4. The Park
5. Sonnet LXIV
6. On his Seventy-Fifth Birthday
7. Grief
8. Remorse for Any Death
9. Losses
10. Then
2. Tygers of Wrath
3. The Fury of the Aerial Bombardment
4. The Park
5. Sonnet LXIV
6. On his Seventy-Fifth Birthday
7. Grief
8. Remorse for Any Death
9. Losses
10. Then