FAUNS, SYLVANS, AND SATYRS.
The Fauns were descended from Faunus, son of Picus King of Italy, who was changed by Circe into a woodpecker.
"Faunus who lov'st, thro' woodland glade,
To pursue the Sylvan maid,
Pass propitious now, I pray,
Where my tender lambkins stray:
Let each field and mountain high,
Own thy genial presence nigh.
Since with each returning year,
In thy presence, I appear,