<Li> It is the subject of a 1979 tone poem for wind ensemble by Elliot del Borgo . </Li> <Li> In the 1986 film Back to School Thornton Melon played by Rodney Dangerfield recites the poem during an exam board . </Li> <Li> John Cale set the poem to orchestral music for his album Words for the Dying, released in 1989 . </Li> <Li> In the 1996 film Independence Day, the President makes a rousing speech as he prepares to lead the attack against the alien invaders, adapting Thomas' line, saying, "We will not go quietly into the night ." </Li>

I will not go softly into the night