Ruth Edna Kelley,
The Book of Hallowe'en — IV.
(1919)
“ True to his character he took many forms to gain Pomona's love. Now he was a ploughman (spring) , now a fisherman (summer) , now a reaper (autumn) . At last he took the likeness of an old woman (winter) , and went to gossip with Pomona. After sounding her mind and finding her averse to marriage, the woman pleaded for Vertumnus's success. "Is not he the first to have the fruits which are thy delight? And does he not hold thy gifts in his joyous right hand?" Ovid: Vertumnus and Pomona. ”
