Famous Koil Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Koil poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous koil poems. These examples illustrate what a famous koil poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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In Springtime

...My garden blazes brightly with the rose-bush and the peach,
 And the koil sings above it, in the siris by the well,
From the creeper-covered trellis comes the squirrel's chattering speech,
 And the blue jay screams and flutters where the cheery sat-bhai dwell.
But the rose has lost its fragrance, and the koil's note is strange;
 I am sick of endless sunshine, sick of blossom-burdened bough.
Give me back the leafless woodlands...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard


Pagett M.P

...study the East," in November,
And I got him to sign an agreement vowing to stay till September.

March came in with the koil. Pagett was cool and gay,
Called me a "bloated Brahmin," talked of my "princely pay."
March went out with the roses. "Where is your heat?" said he.
"Coming," said I to Pagett, "Skittles!" said Pagett, M.P.

April began with the punkah, coolies, and prickly-heat, --
Pagett was dear to mosquitoes, sandflies found him a treat.
He grew speckled and mumpy-ha...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard

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