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		<title>Horace -- Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 10 &#8220;To Aristius Fuscus,&#8221; l.  24ff (1.10.24-25) (20 BC) [tr. Fairclough (Loeb) (1926)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she will ever hurry back, and, ere you know it, will burst through your foolish contempt in triumph. [Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret, Et mala perrumpet furtim fastidia victrix.] Horace trying to persuade his citified friend Aristius that a more natural setting in the countryside [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she will ever hurry back, and, ere you know it, will burst through your foolish contempt in triumph.</p>
<p><em>[Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret,<br />
Et mala perrumpet furtim fastidia victrix.]</em></p>
<br><b>Horace</b> (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]<br><i>Epistles [Epistularum, Letters]</i>, Book 1, ep. 10 &#8220;To Aristius Fuscus,&#8221; l.  24ff (1.10.24-25) (20 BC) [tr. Fairclough (Loeb) (1926)] 
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Horace trying to persuade his citified friend Aristius that a more natural setting in the countryside is better.<br><br>

Variants of "expellas furca" (driving with a pitchfork) were <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Opera_omnia/yTgppctTPD8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Naturam%20expellas%20furca%20this%22">a common Roman expression</a>. <br><br>

(<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Opera_omnia/yTgppctTPD8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Naturam+expellas+furca%22&pg=PA600&printsec=frontcover">Source (Latin)</a>). Other translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>The citizens thinkes nature base, and arte is their desier.<br>
<span class="tab">Tushe, expulse nature with a forke yet she will still retire,<br>
But chefely, if that she be euill she tarries then no space,<br>
<span class="tab">The victris hath a swifte recourse by stealthe unto her place.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A03670.0001.001/1:7.9?rgn=div2;view=fulltext#:~:text=The%20citizens%20thinkes,vnto%20her%20place%2C">Drant</a> (1567)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Drive Nature with a Pitch-fork out, shee'l back<br>
<span class="tab">Victorious (spite of State) by'a secret Track.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=eebo;c=eebo;idno=a44478.0001.001;node=A44478.0001.001:8;seq=1;rgn=div1;view=text#:~:text=Drive%20Nature%20with,by%27a%20secret%20Track.">R. F.</a>; ed. Brome (1666)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Strive to expel strong Nature, 'tis in vain,<br>
<span class="tab">With doubled force she will return again,<br>
<span class="tab">And conquering rise above the proud disdain.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=eebo;c=eebo;idno=a44471.0001.001;node=A44471.0001.001:8;seq=1;rgn=div1;view=text#:~:text=Strive%20to%20expel,the%20proud%20disdain.">Creech</a> (1684)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>For Nature, driven out with proud disdain, <br>
<span class="tab">All-powerful goddess, will return again; <br>
Return in silent triumph, to deride <br>
<span class="tab">the weak attempts of luxury and pride.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/satiresepistlesi00hora/page/198/mode/2up?q=%22For+Nature%2C+driven%22">Francis</a> (1747)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Thus, chase her out of doors -- do what you will --<br>
<span class="tab">Nature renews the charge and triumphs still;<br>
spurs the weak barriers which caprice would lay<br>
<span class="tab">Athwart her course, and boldly bursts her way.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Epodes_Satires_and_Epistles_of_Horac/TPgDAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22thus%20chase%20her%20out%22">Howes</a> (1845)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>You may drive out nature with a fork, yet still she will return, and, insensibly victorious, will break through [men’s] improper disgusts.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_works_of_Horace/First_Book_of_Epistles#:~:text=You%20may%20drive%20out%20nature%20with%20a%20fork%2C%20yet%20still%20she%20will%20return%2C%20and%2C%20insensibly%20victorious%2C%20will%20break%20through%20%5Bmen%E2%80%99s%5D%20improper%20disgusts.">Smart/Buckley</a> 1853)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Drive Nature forth by force, she'll turn and rout<br>
<span class="tab">The false refinements that would keep her out.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Satires,_Epistles_%26_Art_of_Poetry_of_Horace/Ep1-10#:~:text=Drive%20Nature%20forth%20by%20force%2C%20she%27ll%20turn%20and%20rout%0AThe%20false%20refinements%20that%20would%20keep%20her%20out.">Conington</a> (1874)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Turn Nature, neck-and-shoulders, out of door. <br>
<span class="tab">She'll find her way to where she was before; <br>
And imperceptibly in time subdue <br>
<span class="tab">Wealth's sickly fancies, and her tastes untrue.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/worksofhorace02horauoft/page/298/mode/2up?q=%22Turn+Nature%2C+neck-and-shoulders%22">Martin</a> (1881)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>You shall expel nature with a fork, yet will it always return and, by imperceptibly breaking through injurous aversions, show itself the conquerer.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Works_of_Horace/-f8pAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22shall%20expel%20nature%22">Elgood</a> (1893)]</blockquote><br>



<blockquote>Drive Nature with a pitchfork from your door,<br>
Return she will each time, yea, o'er and o'er.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/completeworksofh0000casp_g2w3/page/334/mode/2up?q=%22drive+nature%22">Murison</a> (1931)]</blockquote><br>



<blockquote><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Drive Nature out with a pitchfork. She'll be back again.<br>
She'll outwit and break through absurd contempt! She will win!</span> <br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/satiresanndepist0000hora/page/192/mode/2up?q=%22drive+nature+out%22">Palmer Bovie</a> (1959)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Thrust nature out with a pitchfork -- she'll come back, <br>
and gradually she'll win, breaking through your fancy fakes.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/horacessatiresep0000hora/page/60/mode/2up?q=%22thrust+nature+out%22">Fuchs</a> (1977)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Push out Nature with a pitchfork, she’ll always come back, <br>
And our stupid contempt somehow falls on its face before her. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/essentialhoraceo0000hora/page/214/mode/2up?q=%22push+out+nature%22">Raffel</a> (1983)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she'll come right back, <br>
Victorious over your ignorant confident scorn.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/epistlesofhorace0000hora/page/48/mode/2up?q=pitchfork">Ferry</a> (2001)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Expel nature with a fork; she’ll keep on trotting back.<br>
Relax -- and she'll break triumphantly through your silly refinements.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/satiresofhoracep00hora/page/90/mode/2up?q=%22expel+nature%22">Rudd</a> (2005 ed.)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Drive Nature off with a pitchfork, she’ll still press back,<br>
And secretly burst in triumph through your sad disdain.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/HoraceEpistlesBkIEpX.php#anchor_Toc98156739:~:text=Drive%20Nature%20off,your%20sad%20disdain.">Kline</a> (2015)]</blockquote><br>
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		<title>Shelley, Percy Bysshe -- Prometheus Unbound, Act 2 (1820)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Awful as silence. Hark! the rushing snow! The sun-awakened avalanche! whose mass, Thrice sifted by the storm, had gathered there Flake after flake, in heaven-defying minds As thought by thought is piled, till some great truth Is loosened, and the nations echo round, Shaken to their roots, as do the mountains now.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Awful as silence. Hark! the rushing snow!<br />
The sun-awakened avalanche! whose mass,<br />
Thrice sifted by the storm, had gathered there<br />
Flake after flake, in heaven-defying minds<br />
As thought by thought is piled, till some great truth<br />
Is loosened, and the nations echo round,<br />
Shaken to their roots, as do the mountains now.</p>
<br><b>Percy Bysshe Shelley</b> (1792–1822) English poet<br><i>Prometheus Unbound</i>, Act 2 (1820) 
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