Like the dew on the mountain,

Like the foam on the river,

Like the bubble on the fountain,

Thou art gone, and forever!

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832): Lady of the Lake. Canto iii. Stanza 16.

What's gone and what's past help

Should be past grief.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Winter's Tale. Act iii. Sc. 2.

Those that he loved so long and sees no more,

Loved and still loves,—not dead, but gone before,—

He gathers round him.

Samuel Rogers (1763-1855): Human Life.

Might have gone further and have fared worse.

John Heywood (Circa 1565): Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. iv.

But oh the heavy change, now thou art gone,

Now thou art gone and never must return!

John Milton (1608-1674): Lycidas. Line 37.