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Rice (CALE YOUNG an American poet)

CALE YOUNG, an American poet and dramatist, born at Dixon. Ky., in 1872. He was educated at Cumberland University and at Harvard. In 1902 he married Alice Caldwell Hegan.

He was a frequent contributor of poems to many magazines. His poems published in book form include "From Dusk to Dusk" (1898); "With Omar" (1900); "Song-Surf" (1900); "Nirvana Days" (1908); "Many Gods" (1910); "Far Quests' Quests " (1912); "At the World's Heart" (1914); "Earth and New Earth" (1916); "Trails Sunward" (1917); "Wraiths and Realities" (1918); "Songs to A. H. R." (1918); and "Shadowy Thresholds" (1919). He also wrote several poetic dramas, including "David" (1904); “A Night in Avignon" (1907), etc. A collection of his plays and poems was published in 1915. He was a member of the National Institute of Social Sciences, the Poetry Society of America, and the Society of American Dramatists and Composers.