Seeger, Alan (1888-1916), an American poet, wrote one of the most memorable poems of World War I (1914-1918), "I Have a Rendezvous with Death." Seeger joined the French Foreign Legion at the beginning of the war. A feeling that he was going to die inspired him to write "I Have a Rendezvous with Death." Later, he was wounded, and he died on the battlefield. Seeger's Collected Poems was published in 1916. He was born in New York City.