Sentiment de tristesse que lui inspire
déserte. For the inverted order of subject and verb, see 1, 2, note, and IL, 206. The singular verb with the subject, as here, is not to be imitated.
30. — De noires cavernes- hi poetic language, as here, adjectives of color sometimes précédé. In an ethical sense they generally précédé ; cf. 45, 1 ; 54, 31,