Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WISH, n.

1. Desire; sometimes eager desire. – Job xxxiii.
2. Desire expressed. – Pope. Blister'd be thy tongue / For such a wish. – Shak.
3. Thing desired. He has his wish. The difference between wish and desire seems to be, that desire is directed to what is obtainable, and a wish may be directed to what is obtainable or not. – Kames.