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 1	 WISH AND ITEM 

  	     Written to the Editor of the Item, Lynn, Mass. 

 3	    I hope the heart that's hungry
  	      For things above the floor,
  	    Will find within its portals
 6	      An item rich in store;

  	    That melancholy mortals
  	      Will count their mercies o'er,
 9	    And learn that Truth and wisdom
  	      Have many items more;

  	    That when a wrong is done us,
12	      It stirs no thought of strife;
  	    And Love becomes the substance,
  	      As item, of our life;

15	    That every ragged urchin,
  	      With bare feet soiled or sore,
  	    Share God's most tender mercies, — 
18	      Find items at our door. 

  	    Then if we've done to others
  	      Some good ne'er told before,
21	    When angels shall repeat it,
  	      'T will be an item more.