SIRENS

THE SIRENS.

The Sirens would appear to have been personifications of those
numerous rocks and unseen dangers, which abound on the S.W. coast of
Italy. They were sea-nymphs, with the upper part of the body that of a
maiden and the lower that of a sea-bird, having wings attached to their
shoulders, and were endowed with such wonderful voices, that their sweet
songs are said to have lured mariners to destruction.