They assumed the shapes of antediluvian animals, of eagles hovering in the air, of frogs leaping over a marsh, and then sunk down upon the rushing stream and appeared to sail upon it, although floating in the air.
At last they heard a rustling, whirring sound above them, and a large hovering object darkened the air.
At about a hundred paces behind him stood Rudy, upon the highest point of the rock, watching a great vulture hovering in the air; with a single stroke of his wing the bird might easily cast the creeping hunter into the abyss beneath, and make him his prey.
Mists are almost always hovering over this region, which, seventy years ago, was overrun with wolves.
The whole of nature was one large holy church, in which the trees and hovering clouds formed the pillars, the flowers and grass the woven velvet carpet, and heaven itself was the great cupola; up there the flame colour vanished as soon as the sun disappeared, but millions of stars were lighted; diamond lamps were shining, and the king's son stretched his arms out towards heaven, towards the sea, and towards the wood.
And as the old grandfather's spirit followed the next hovering flame, he knew whither it would lead him.
They looked up, and discovered a large white swan hovering in the air, and singing as never bird sang before.
