2002
The Park
Composed by 
Ned Rorem
Ned Rorem Text by 
John Hollander
John Hollander Aftermath Song Collection
"The Park" is the fourth song in Ned Rorem's song cycle Aftermath, written for medium voice, violin, cello, and piano. The song sets a poem by John Hollander.
Text
The Park
by John Hollander
Here on these benches in the wan sun
Ancient couples sit and wait for death.
They absorb what they can of the wide
Field of uncaring life around them.
I shall never have grown into old
Winter with you now: has time robbed me
Of waiting with you here, or spared me?
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