Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Hover

Hover as a hawk.
—Anonymous

Hover like a moth around a flame.
—Anonymous

Hovered round the work like rainbow round a fountain.
—Philip James Bailey

Hovering like the summer sky.
—M. A. Browne

Hover—like a moth intoxicated with light.
—John Galsworthy

Hovering near,
Like some base vulture in the battle’s rear.
—Reginald Heber

Hovered, like a spectre, in the background of all her imaginations.
—Charles Kingsley

Strives and hovers
As a bird above the brood her bosom covers.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne

Hovers as birds that impend on the sea.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne