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