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_Queen Mary one day Jesus sent / To fetch some water, legends tell; / The little boy, obedient, / Drew a full pitcher from the well;
But as he raised it to his head, / The water lipping with the rim, / The handle broke, and all was shed / Upon the stones about the brim.