would\ heaven

would\ heaven
• (I) would that
• would God
• would heaven
literary
I wish that. - Used at the beginning of a sentence expressing a wish; followed by a verb in the subjunctive; found mostly in poetry and older literature.

Would that I could only drop everything and join you.

Would that my mother were alive to see me married.

Syn.: if only

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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