 The poem is featured in both the 1967 novel "The Outsiders" by S. E. Hinton and the 1983 film adaptation, first recited aloud by the character Ponyboy to his friend Johnny.In a subsequent scene Johnny quotes a stanza from the poem back to Ponyboy by means of a letter which was read after he passes away.The poem is quoted in issue 19 of Terry Moore's comic series, "Strangers in Paradise" (1998).