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William Butler Yeats Quotes: The wrong of unshapely things is a wrong too great to be told; I hunger to build them anew and sit on a green knoll apart.
         

The wrong of unshapely things is a wrong too great to be told; I hunger to build them anew and sit on a green knoll apart.


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This page presents the quote "The wrong of unshapely things is a wrong too great to be told; I hunger to build them anew and sit on a green knoll apart.". Author of this quote is William Butler Yeats. This quote is about green, ugliness, hunger,.