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

Depart

Departed, like Ichabod’s glory.
—Anonymous

His fame is departed like mist, when it flies, before the rustling wind, along the brightening vale.
—James Macpherson

Departed as a shadow.
—Edgar Allan Poe

Departed like a gleam, that for a moment in the heavy sky
Is opened when the storm is hurrying by.
—Robert Southey

Departed as a scroll when it is rolled together.
—New Testament

Depart
Like blighted buds; or clouds that mimicked land
Before the sailor’s eye.
—William Wordsworth