Burns,in a later comment on this poem, stated that he had "never had the least thought or inclination of turning poet till I got once heartily in love,and then rhyme and song were,in a manner,the spontaneous language of my heart.”❖ Burns, in a later comment on this poem, stated that he had “never had the least thought or inclination of turning poet till I got once heartily in love, and then rhyme and song were, in a manner, the spontaneous language of my heart