inde ubi venere ad fauces grave olentis Averni, tollunt se celeres liquidumque per aera lapsae sedibus optatis geminae super arbore sidunt, discolor unde auri per ramos aura refulsit.
then, when they came to the jaws of noisome Avernus, they swiftly rise and, dropping through the unclouded air, perch side by side on their chosen goal'a tree, through whose branches flashed the contrasting glimmer of gold.