...eet-scented Verbena, and the Heliotrope; the latter being her chosen emblem, true bride of the sun that it is. From flowers she passed to engravings hanging round the room. Here, said she, are Dante and Beatrice. Approach, and know that I am Beatrice. The power of ancient love was strong within me. She is beautiful enough, is not she, for that higher moment? But Dante! Yet who ...