panhim

Updated: May 31, 2025

So Burton politely tendered his thanks, "scraped the ground thrice," departed with gravity, and in ten minutes forgot all about the belle behind the grille. It was while at Panhim, that, dissatisfied with the versions of Camoens by Strangford , Mickle and others, Burton commenced a translation of his own, but it did not reach the press for thirty-three years.

Thomas Wright - The Life of Sir Richard Burton