William Cosmo Monkhouse Professions : Poet Born : March 18, 1840 Died : July 20, 1901 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by William Cosmo Monkhouse There once was an old man of Lyme who married three wives at a time when asked, 'Why a third?' he replied 'One's absurd! and bigamy, sir, is a crime!' William Cosmo Monkhouse funny-marriage wife men Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors