Alexandrian Sonnet - 36 Poem by Alexandrian Ink

And now, I want to ask this skulls here
Unless they answer, I'll neither drop my pen,
They must answer the names which they bear,
Their names whilst on earth in the midst of men.
Now tell me wretch skulls, each by each
Which of you were ugly or most beautiful?
Who for bread begged or was greatly rich?
Tell me sullen skulls who was always successful?
Answer me now with that your barren voice
And to my attentive ears you'll gently sing
Pointing the doves and those filled with proudly noise
Differentiate the head of the beggar and that of the king.
And say that 'death brings both the scepter and spade
Down to the same level1 where all earthly glories fade.