person
Abishag the Shunammite
Abishag
also: Abisag
The young woman brought to warm the aged King David in his last days (1 Kings 1). Rilke gives her two poems beside the dying king.
Reading notes
- New Poems §10 Abishag
The young Shunammite brought to warm the aged King David (1 Kings 1); she lies chaste and 'virginal' beside the dying king.