"Cloud-compeller" Quotes from Famous Books
... nervous system would account for many of his peculiarities. By those who did not understand him he was called "a growling old bear." On the other hand, those who appreciated his genius called him "a cloud-compeller of the world of music." He is in music what Milton is in poetry,—lofty, ... — The True Citizen, How To Become One • W. F. Markwick, D. D. and W. A. Smith, A. B. |