An Account of the Burning of Bachelor’s Hall

To the Publisher of the Pennsylvania Magazine

An Account of the burning of Bachelor’s Hall,

By The Old Bachelor
1 Fair Venus so often was miss’d from the skies,
2 And Bacchus as frequently absent likewise,
3 That the synod began to enquire out the reason,
4 Suspecting the culprits were plotting of treason.
5 At length it was found they had open’d a ball,
6 At a place by the mortals call’d Bachelors’ Hall;
7 Where Venus disclos’d ev’ry fun she couldthink of,
8 And Bacchus made nectar for mortals todrink of.
9 Jove highly displeased at such riotous doings
10 Sent time to reduce the whole building to ruins.
11 But time was so slack with his traces and dashes
12 That Jove in a passion consumed it to ashes.

P.S. As many of my papers are burnt, and the rest thrown about in confusion, you must wait a month or two longer to hear the conclusion.

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Title (in Source Edition): An Account of the Burning of Bachelor’s Hall
Author: Thomas Paine
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Genres: allegory
Headnote: Pennsylvania Magazine, April 1775

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Cleary, Scott M., ed. Claeys, Gregory, gen. ed. Thomas Paine Collected Writings. Vol. II. Part 2: Poetry. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2026. 5 Volumes.

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