And watered heaven with their tears", which is itself believed to be a reference to Paradise Lost.
The Five Iron Frenzy song, "Every New Day" quotes the lines, "When the stars threw down their spears/* And watered heaven with their tears", which is itself believed to be a reference to Paradise Lost. Another possible reference to that poem is found in the lines, "On what wings dare he aspire?/What the hand seize the fire?", which also contain imagery of industrialization, which the poet felt was a blight. FTP, what is this poem, found in the collection Songs of Experience, the single most famous and most studied poem of William Blake?
The Five Iron Frenzy song, "Every New Day" quotes the lines, "When the stars threw down their spears/*
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