Some time (half a year or so) ago I asked the list who wrote the line "Blestit slezoi v zenitse Boga" ("[Earth] shines like a tear in God's eye")? The answer is Boris Sadovskoy, in the poem "Leti khot' milliony let..." ("You may fly millions of years..."), 1935. Strange that nobody knew that.
 
Alexey   

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