Roy, you should be able to keep verses in BD if you go to configuration, then settings, then check the box for 'keep original format' and the boxes underneath.
Unfortunately, as Sparrow has noticed, this is not public domain. I imagine that you got the work from:
http://www.lib.ru/LITRA/PUSHKIN/ENGLISH/onegin_j.txt
I have noticed that there are quite a few Russian sites which ignore the copyright of other states. The translation is the current Penguin version and is clearly under copyright. I very much doubt whether the moderators will let the upload stay.
There is a notice at the beginning of the web version which makes the copyright status clear:
Translation by Charles H. Johnston.
Penguin Books Ltd, Hannondsworth, Middlesex, England
Penguin Books, 625 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022, U.S.A.
Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 2801 John Street, Markham, Ontario, Canada
L3R IB4
Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd, 182-190 Wairau Road, Auckland 10, New Zealand
This translation first published 1977
Published with minor revisions and an Introduction in Penguin Classics
1979
Copyright © Charles Johnston, 1977, 1979
Introduction copyright © John Bayley, 1979
All rights reserved