Miserable, but not cast down, by the many refusals he met with, Vertumnus took a thousand shapes to influence the success of his suit. […] ye are changed since ye met me last! […] what have ye looked on since last we met? […] Ye have looked on death since ye met me last! […]     “I met two young lovers,     And listed their vows, Where the woodbine covers     The old oak boughs.