person
Egon von Rilke
The poet's cousin, who died in early childhood. Sonnet II.8, dedicated to his memory, recalls the vanishing playmate stepping beneath the falling ball.
Reading notes
- The Sonnets to Orpheus §34 Egon von Rilke
The poet's cousin, dead in early childhood; this sonnet is dedicated to his memory, the 'vanishing one' who stepped under the falling ball.