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title: "Inscription at Friars’ Carse Hermitage"
subtitle: "To the Memory of Robert Riddell"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1795"
location: "Dumfries"
source: "Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns"
source_url: "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt"
canonical_url: "https://robert-burns.com/poems/inscription-at-friars-carse-hermitage/"
---

# Inscription at Friars’ Carse Hermitage

### To the Memory of Robert Riddell

## Poem
To Riddell, much lamented man,  
This ivied cot was dear;  
Wandr’er, dost value matchless worth?  
This ivied cot revere.

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
Canonical HTML: https://robert-burns.com/poems/inscription-at-friars-carse-hermitage/