Then straightway plunging with all his might, And now, when the river was rolling on, Of women there seemed an innumerable throng, And concerning the road they never could agree And a sound of murmuring, long and loud, But the brethren only seemed to speak: A voice arose from the brethren then, "Let no one speak but the holy men; For have ye not heard the words of Paul 'Oh, let the women keep silence all?'" I watched them long in my curious dream, No forms, or crosses, or books had they,' For all had put on Christ's righteousness. |