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

Recede

Receding as the skies.
—Robert Leighton

Recedes as a dream recedes.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne

Receding as a cloud in air.
—Bayard Taylor

Receded, as mists fade before a morning sun.
—Barrett Wendell