▁Red d ington , ▁played ▁by ▁James ▁Sp ader , ▁reads ▁the ▁poem ▁to ▁Elizabeth ▁Ke en , ▁when ▁she ▁w akes ▁up ▁from ▁a ▁ten - month ▁com a . ▁In ▁the ▁US ▁TV ▁series ▁One ▁Tree ▁Hill ▁episode ▁" Lock ed ▁He arts ▁& ▁Hand ▁Gren ades ", ▁the ▁sixth ▁episode ▁of ▁the ▁third ▁season , ▁Lucas ▁Scott , ▁played ▁by ▁Ch ad ▁Michael ▁Murray , ▁references ▁the ▁poem ▁in ▁an ▁argument ▁with ▁H ale y ▁James ▁Scott , ▁played ▁by ▁Beth any ▁Joy ▁L enz , ▁over ▁his ▁heart ▁condition ▁and ▁playing ▁basketball . ▁The ▁episode ▁ends ▁with ▁Lucas ▁reading ▁the ▁whole ▁poem ▁over ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁images ▁that ▁link ▁the ▁various ▁characters ▁to ▁the ▁them es ▁of ▁the ▁poem . Star ▁Tre k : ▁Ren eg ades ▁opens ▁with ▁Lex xa ▁Singh ▁rec iting ▁the ▁poem ▁and ▁writing ▁it ▁on ▁the ▁wall ▁of ▁her ▁prison ▁cell . ▁In ▁the ▁US ▁TV ▁series ▁New ▁Amsterdam ▁season ▁ 1 , ▁episode ▁ 2 ▁" R it ual " ▁with ▁Dr . ▁F loyd ▁Reyn olds ▁played ▁by ▁J ock o ▁Sim s , ▁references ▁the ▁poem ▁while ▁pre pping ▁hands ▁for ▁surg ery ▁prior ▁to ▁a ▁conversation ▁with ▁his ▁fellow ▁doctor ▁Dr . ▁Laura ▁Blo om ▁played ▁by ▁Jan et ▁Mont gom ery . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁Super ▁Mario ▁stream er ▁J uz cook ▁created ▁a ▁Super ▁Mario ▁World ▁R OM ▁hack ▁with ▁the ▁same ▁title . ▁During ▁the ▁cred its ▁roll , ▁the ▁title , ▁author