WOULD HEAVEN


Meaning of WOULD HEAVEN in English

{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.

Dictionary of English idioms .      Словарь английских идиом.