Noblesse Oblige

Painstaking plumes of surest gait To wield diamond steel over fate; With slow pair of wit-guarded lips, As otiose words sway great ships. Invincible flair and exacting knack To stand out from the frothy pack; Ochred with all blue-penciled skill, For nabob’s dimwits do mimic still. With the far-scanning aquiline eye That fowls unborn miles like a spy; Plus an ear for tiniest voices tuned, For idlest vowel by vagaries ruined. Gigantic empathy for pinched souls Hewn down by lot’s inclement fouls; Felt tear for fellow wayfarers stung By blunt luck's blade rashly swung. A little but constant sacrifice betimes, For bereft chum eschewed by dimes; Or even total strangers in want of bail Out of a jinx along existence’s icy sail.