Swiftly the gentle Charmer flies, / And to the tender Grief soft Air applies, / Which, warbling Mystic sounds, / Cements the bleeding Panter's Wounds.c. 1700, William Congreve, On Mrs. Arabella Hunt Singing:
Reputation—a mere barren reputation, that brings nothing with it, save a post obit bond on posterity—has lost its ancient value: and the panters after posthumous reputation are now closely confined to a few wrongheaded enthusiasts, […]1840, Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, volume 60, page 492:
panter
noun
Etymology From Middle English panter (“pantler”), paneter, from Old French panetier.