L. 1. _qui t'agite?_ _Qui_ here is a neuter and means 'what.' See
Darmesteter, § 416.
L. 8. _parmi l'herbe._ Delicately archaic. Thus Corneille has '_parmi_
l'air,' _Mel._ IV. vi. and La Fontaine '_Parmi_ la plaine,' _Fables_,
XI. i. 4. See Haase, § 131 A.
Ll. 12, 13. Notice the fine effect of imitative harmony in these
lines. They are as rough as the landscape they describe. Much of their
harshness is due to the predominance of the sound of _r_.
Ll. 36, 37. Euripides, _Hec._ 332.
L. 38. _rien à soi._ _Soi_, which is now more especially used when the
subject of the sentence is _on_, was formerly indiscriminately used with
_lui_ put for _lui-même_. See note to p. 29, VII, l. 10.