To a Young Ass in the 18th-century, with many philosophers and writers, including Godwin, William Shield, and others, releasing their horses and mules to walk alongside them. A direct literary connection is to William Crowe's "To an Ass" (1793) and the poem incorporates a quote from William Shakespeare's "Hamlet". The idea of connecting with a lowly form of animal also appears in many literary works, including Robert Burns poems (example – "To a Mouse"), Southey's poems (example – "To a Spider"), the works of Laurence Sterne (both "Tristram Shandy" and "A Sentimental Journey") and Cervantes's "Don Quixote". Richard Holmes, Coleridge's 20th-century biographer, points out
Sentimental Journey (song) sang the song on their way back to the show. The song is heard playing on a jukebox in the 1980 animated film "Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back!!)". It is sung by Jean Claude Fornier's character played by Paul Verdier in The Man From Marseilles (Magnum, P.I.) at a karaoke bar. It also appeared in advertisements for Ford Australia during the early 1990s. It was the theme song of the ABC Radio program "Sentimental Journey" presented by John West. The song is featured in Season 2, Episode 4 of The Man in the High Castle (TV series).